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by klingon
I used to never think about it to be honest...I used to tell all my users to just lock their workstations at night, and avoid having to wait those painful two minutes while the system boots up in the morning. But come on - who does any real work thefirst 10/20/30 minutes anyway? But I just moved out west from D.C., where I guess I took that stuff for granted, and I have a completely different opinion now. I've heard that it's not good to power off your computer every night (never heard a greatreason for it, other than the more you do it, the shorter the life of the pc...who knows??), but now, I say turn the damn things off at night, especially in a corporation!!. Even if they're in power-save mode, they're still using just that! Power! Turn 'em off!
Good question Lynn...
Klingon
by jamesrl
Win 9X doesn't elegantly deal with fragmented memory. Computers left on for weeks are in many cases crashes waiting to happen.
So turn them off at night and improve your reliability, and save the world some energy to boot.
James
by timmitchell
The debate about whether to power off PCs each night has been going on since before the debate about which came first, chicken or egg. From a hardware longevity standpoint, very good points exist on both sides of the argument. I don't think you'llfind a definitive answer either way, when looking at it from a hardware standpoint.
However, when you consider that most users are running Windows operating systems anyway, it makes more sense to shutdown every night. I tell my users to do that very thing, because it seems to reduce the number of system lockups during the workday. Windows operating systems are less stable after running for days or weeks on end, and though the problem is not as prevalent in a Win2K environment, it's a good idea to shut down (or at least reboot) Windows machines daily.
As a side note, I have a Linux box that's been running for about 10 weeks without a reboot, and not so much as a burp out of it...!
by corkybenle
I have my users lock their stations each night...reasons:
1. boot up in the morning
2. backup of each workstation on tape each night
3. less likely chance someone will mess up the stations..
Dzan Ta
HRD Architects
I.T. Network Admin.
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