Stand By v. Turn Off

[FearM9]

So what's the best thing to do for a casual computer user each day?

Also...I'm going to Hawaii in a couple of days and am planning on bringing my new laptop. Should I turn it off or just go on Stand By since I do plan on using it while waiting to board our flights.

[srd....]

to be honest bud i alway use "Hibernate" on my laptop.it's a shut down but like stand by you can leave your programmes open.

ctrl/alt/delete for the task manager then go to shut down/hibernate.

[Foosinho]

So what's the best thing to do for a casual computer user each day?
There is some mechanical wear-and-tear associated with starting and stopping computers (mostly on the drives). However, I think for it to be a problem, you'd have to be turning it on and off a lot. Like 10+ times a day. And even then...

So, save a few watts. Shut it off when you aren't using it, and turn on all the energy saving features you can manage to switch on.

Also...I'm going to Hawaii in a couple of days and am planning on bringing my new laptop. Should I turn it off or just go on Stand By since I do plan on using it while waiting to board our flights.
My laptop goes everywhere with me, and I actually reboot just once every few months. I hibernate all the time.

[Kryptonite]

So what's the best thing to do for a casual computer user each day?

Also...I'm going to Hawaii in a couple of days and am planning on bringing my new laptop. Should I turn it off or just go on Stand By since I do plan on using it while waiting to board our flights.

I'm a fan of hibernation. It allows the computer to be fully shut down, but saves programs in memory, so you can easily resume where you left off. (Be safe and save documents, games, etc before hibernating.) Another way to get there is start->turn off computer-> then if you don't see it, I think it's the shift key that brings up the hibernation button.

I can get there by hitting "windows key" followed by "U", followed by "H", but your computer may or may not have that... I don't actually have a "standby" mode on my computer for some reason.

But you definetely don't want to use standby, as that IIRC, keeps the computer running, just at a reduced capacity.

As for rebooting, I only do it when I install something that "needs" to reboot, or walk away from my computer with nothing running. Last I checked, rebooting clears memory, which may speed things up a bit.

[srd....]

I can get there by hitting "windows key" followed by "U", followed by "H", but your computer may or may not have that...

holy crap i just tryed that and my laptop started talking to me!!!!!

it turned on a programme called Narrator.

[Kryptonite]

holy crap i just tryed that and my laptop started talking to me!!!!!

it turned on a programme called Narrator.

Yeah, like I said, it's probably different on other systems. I go to start->turn off and see "Hibernate", "Turn Off", and "Restart." On other systems, i've seen "Stand By" and have to press a keyboard button to make stand by switch over to hibernate.

If you're using XP, it shouldn't be that much different in England. I have no idea why it went to Narrator.

[srd....]

Yeah, like I said, it's probably different on other systems. I go to start->turn off and see "Hibernate", "Turn Off", and "Restart." On other systems, i've seen "Stand By" and have to press a keyboard button to make stand by switch over to hibernate.

If you're using XP, it shouldn't be that much different in England. I have no idea why it went to Narrator.


yeah holding down the shift key changes stand by into hibernate on the turn off screen thingy.

re: going to narrator windows key + u = utility manager on my laptop and it just seems to automaticly switch on that narrator voice.