Do you keep your PC on always ?

[TonyGuitar]

Verrrrry interesting.

My habit is to always go to standby when leaving the computer.

Often it pays to bookmark good web pages and then clear them and close down the browsers.

Mozilla, Opera, Netscape and IE. This clears off a lot of temp file buildup and everything runs *snappy*.

I notice that while I like Mozilla Firefox. Task Manager shows that it likes to collect a lot of baggage, so that*s why it pays to clear off the pages and restart fresh often. = TG

 

[TonyGuitar]

MaggiMay33,

You would get better answers to your security / Webroot question if you ask in the security forum. However...

Webroot is pretty good. I use from time to time and Computer World promoted it too.

You should have others as well, like Avira, ZeroSpyware, MS Defender, LavaSoft Ad-Aware, and more.

A security sweep with one will trap germs the others miss.

I used to use good virus software based in Russia, but sorry to say that because of scamming bot-net servers that Putin refuses to control, my confidence in some very nice people there has faded.

May your next car be a gas free EV. = TG

 

[Condor]

My gaming PC get the off when im not gaming =]
usually at night.

 

[samjohnson]

I shut down my computer every night. Depends on what time usaually around 11 or so. The only time I leave it on is if I forget to turn it off or I am downloading a patch for a game or just downloading a big file. My internet is really slow, it runs at 27.5 KB/s. I would love to have a download speed of 80 KB/s.

 

[beef_jerky4104]

Is that 80 kbps or 80 kBps?

In other words, 80 kilobits/second or 80 kilobytes/second?

I'm sure he meant 80 Kilobytes per second.

 

[captaincranky]

Wake Up Maggie, There's Something I need to Say to You

Want to post question about PC security. I use Webroot Spy Sweeper with Antiirus. Have been told it is better than McAfee or Norton. Need some feedback. Had always used Norton but, they are so hard to get in touch with if there is a problem. Not so with Webroot and it has worked well so far.
Thanks,
Maggie May33

Rod Stewart says, You should probably post this in one of the software forums.

In response to the actual point of this thread, Captaincranky says, I shut my computers off at every possible opportunity. Reasons being, I'm poor, I'm cheap, and I'm an orphan and don't have parents to pay my electric bill. Also, it's the environmentally responsible thing to do. Do you like how I worked simultaneous bragging and complaining into the motif?

 

[TonyGuitar]

Standby is OK, I use it, yet there is a caution. . .

Some apps, like Mozilla Firefox, [excellent browser BTW], keep churning away and if left on standby too long, can build up memory and CPU demand.

This can result in a long wait coming off standby, it*s almost like a lock-up at times. Ctrl - Alt - Del can snap the screen to life and sometimes there is just a long wait before things come to life anyway.

I know what program is demanding on CPU and memory because I always have *CoolBeans** running at the top center screen. When the green bar shoots rightward into the red, I hit ctrl-alt-del and Taskmanager will show you who is taking up all the CPU or Memory demand.

Search CoolBeans. A free program that always lets you know instantly when your memory, swapmemory[on disk] and CPU get bogged down.

I am never without it. = TG

 

[ravisunny2]

In U.S. companies alone, more than $1 billion a year is wasted on electricity for computer monitors that are turned on when they shouldn't be.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1960428

Do not use screensavers as energy savers as they continue to use the monitor at full power and do not conserve energy.

A misconception is the belief that computers and monitors purchased with the Energy Star logo are already energy efficient. In reality they have built in energy conservation features but your computer cannot take full advantage of these built in energy saving mechanisms until the power management features are enabled and configured.

http://www.colorado.edu/its/docs/energy.html

Use the basic calculator inputs below to estimate your energy and dollar savings from activating power management on your computer monitors and your computer boxes

http://pmdb.cadmusdev.com/powermanagement/quickCalc.html

Britons are the worst energy wasters in Europe with bad habits which could cost £11bn by 2010, a survey of Europe's five most populous nations suggests.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6075794.stm

 

[hamas123]

my pc is only powered on when i use it.My dad has a laptop and he sometimes hibernates,sometimes leaves it on standby,and sometimes turns it off.phew! that was long.

 

[KingCody]

I turn my PC off every night on the weekends. on the weekdays I only have it on when I'm using it.

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