WindowsXP SP2

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Fred Grosskurth

I purchased a new PC about 6months ago,so all the hardware and software I
have is up to date, with 1GM RAM. I'm told it's best to leave the PC
running 24/7. I have a Realtec HD sound card with current drivers. However,
I lose my sound and have to reboot one a day in order for the sound card to
work. Is this something in WindowsXP or Windows Media that could be causing
this to happen ?
 
The date and time was Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:39:22 AM, and on a
whim, Fred Grosskurth pounded out on the keyboard:
I purchased a new PC about 6months ago,so all the hardware and software I
have is up to date, with 1GM RAM. I'm told it's best to leave the PC
running 24/7. I have a Realtec HD sound card with current drivers. However,
I lose my sound and have to reboot one a day in order for the sound card to
work. Is this something in WindowsXP or Windows Media that could be causing
this to happen ?
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Hi Fred,

Have you contacted the manufacturer? Is anything muting the volume, or
are the drivers failing?

And I don't know who told you "it's best" to leave it running. Depending
on how you use it should dictate that. If you leave it for more than a
4-5 hours at any time (like overnight), I would shut it down.
Electronics suck power even when they're off, so leaving it on wastes
even more.


Terry R.
 
Fred said:
I purchased a new PC about 6months ago,so all the hardware and
software I have is up to date, with 1GM RAM. I'm told it's best to
leave the PC running 24/7. I have a Realtec HD sound card with
current drivers. However, I lose my sound and have to reboot one a
day in order for the sound card to work. Is this something in
WindowsXP or Windows Media that could be causing this to happen ?
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Don't turn it off. "Hibernate" it.

Use this command

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll SetSuspendState S4

Perhaps in a batch file that can be scheduled to activate at 10:00p.m. each
day.
 
Nothing wrong with turning it off.
HeyBub said:
Don't turn it off. "Hibernate" it.

Use this command

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll SetSuspendState S4

Perhaps in a batch file that can be scheduled to activate at 10:00p.m.
each day.
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Unknown said:
Nothing wrong with turning it off.
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Agreed. But when you turn the machine back on after "hibernate," the desktop
appears in less than five seconds (instead of up-to-several-minutes from a
cold start).

Also, with a scheduled "hibernate," you don't have to wander around the
office turning off all the machines.

By actual measurment, a "hibernated" machine draws a minuscule five watts
(compared to 90-100) for a powered up machine. Three machines drawing ~100
watts for eight hours of non-use is 2.4 kwh. At about 12¢ that's about a
quarter a night or $7.50/month.

Wonder how many computers in the federal office buildings? I should write
Obama.
 
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HeyBub said:
Agreed. But when you turn the machine back on after "hibernate," the
desktop appears in less than five seconds (instead of
up-to-several-minutes from a cold start).
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Where do you get the 'up to several minutes' from?
A good system is about 45 seconds max.
Also, with a scheduled "hibernate," you don't have to wander around the
office turning off all the machines.
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Very true.
By actual measurment, a "hibernated" machine draws a minuscule five watts
(compared to 90-100) for a powered up machine. Three machines drawing ~100
watts for eight hours of non-use is 2.4 kwh. At about 12¢ that's about a
quarter a night or $7.50/month.
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Who measured the current draw on a hibernated machine?
Hibernated is the same as power off (but still plugged in).
I think 5 watts is too high.
 
Where do you get the 'up to several minutes' from?
A good system is about 45 seconds max.
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Many good systems are much more than 45 seconds. It depends largely on
what apps you have starting automatically.
 
From your headers: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138

That fact that your WinXP SP2 machine is not fully-patched at Windows Update
might have something to do with it.

PS: It doesn't make economic or Green sense to leave your computer running
24/7, unless it's configured to enter Standby and/or Hibernation after
certain lengths of time.
 
I have always had a problem with hibernation in the computers I have had.
takes it forever to get out of it having hibernate on isn't a problem if you
don't mind wondering if it will come back on or not.
 
Unknown said:
Response in line!
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Where do you get the 'up to several minutes' from?
A good system is about 45 seconds max.
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I read this newsgroup. That's what others report.

Who measured the current draw on a hibernated machine?
Hibernated is the same as power off (but still plugged in).
I think 5 watts is too high.
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I did. So maybe hibernate IS the same as off - but the machine is still
drawing power.

And before anyone screeches, a modern machine that has been "powered down"
IS still drawing power from the mains (to run the clock, wake on lan, etc.).

And before anyone screeches "That's what the battery is for, dummy!" - no,
it's not. The battery only powers the clock if the computer is disconnected
from the mains.
 
That is true, however I am assuming a good system is run by a good operator
that does not load
unnecessary programs when booting.
 
Unknown said:
That is true, however I am assuming a good system is run by a good
operator that does not load unnecessary programs when booting.
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You're an idiot. What is unnecessary to YOU might very well be
necessary to someone else. Some folks DO use there computers for more
than playing around in the Vista groups.
 
That is true, however I am assuming a good system is run by a good operator
that does not load
unnecessary programs when booting.
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Just because multiple programs are loaded at bootup doesn't at all
mean that they are unnecessary. Take me, for example: I use several
programs almost all the time, and I load them at bootup, and keep them
loaded all day. To name just a few of them, they are Outlook, Maxthon,
Agent, Quicken, and OneNote.

Those might all be "unnecessary" to you. They are not to me.


 
So that's what's Quicken does, speed up the boot time ;-)

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com


Ken Blake said:
That is true, however I am assuming a good system is run by a good
operator
that does not load
unnecessary programs when booting.
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Just because multiple programs are loaded at bootup doesn't at all
mean that they are unnecessary. Take me, for example: I use several
programs almost all the time, and I load them at bootup, and keep them
loaded all day. To name just a few of them, they are Outlook, Maxthon,
Agent, Quicken, and OneNote.

Those might all be "unnecessary" to you. They are not to me.
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And, does that take two minutes?
Ken Blake said:
That is true, however I am assuming a good system is run by a good
operator
that does not load
unnecessary programs when booting.
Click to expand...


Just because multiple programs are loaded at bootup doesn't at all
mean that they are unnecessary. Take me, for example: I use several
programs almost all the time, and I load them at bootup, and keep them
loaded all day. To name just a few of them, they are Outlook, Maxthon,
Agent, Quicken, and OneNote.

Those might all be "unnecessary" to you. They are not to me.
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You're the idiot. You have no idea what I use my computer for nor what I
load at bootup.
And yet you tell me necessities. Do you always talk stupid? Did you eat a
second bowl of
stupid this morning?
 
And, does that take two minutes?
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Three points:

1. I never time how long it takes. I boot very seldom, and I don't
care how long it takes.

2. I *think* (it's just a guess, but I'm pretty sure) it takes
somewhat more than two minutes.

3. Note that my list below is only a partial one.

Your statement "A good system is about 45 seconds max" is not at all
correct.


 
I cannot agree that 45 second is not at all correct.
Boot-up and time it.
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As I said, I don't know how long it takes, but I *do* know that it is
significantly longer than 45 seconds. I don't know when the next time
I will boot will be, by I'll try to remember to time it.

You may not agree, but your statement that "A good system is about 45
seconds max" is not at all correct.


 
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