Do I have to turn off computer over night ?
I have a Dell lap top and have been turning it off every night. Is this necessary. It takes a long time to boot up in the morning. I have win 8.1
Forum Discussion
I am surprised by the number of people advocating leaving the computer on 24/7.
First on allowing updates: I never allow any program to automatically update. Many updates include adware and other non related programs that you may not want and dont need...it's Bloatware. I always set my computer to notify me of any update and then I read them and choose which parts of them to allow. Many do this some do not) This alone does wonders to keep your computer "Clean" and running fast.
Second: Simply shutting down the computer will not clean out the cache completely..there is more than one. You need a good program like CCleaner to go in and do that and I run mine once a week.
Third: Leaving your computer on all night has several risks some likely some less likely. The most likely is if you are hooked up to wifi its like leaving your front door open. Virtually anyone can get in. Also if you live in an area of frequent lightning storms you should unplug the computer from the wall. A Surge protector will help, but I have had two laptops and two surge protectors killed by lightning not to mention my wifi.
Fourth: Your computer is made up of many devices, some mechanical and many electrical. Why run any of these if it's not necessary? And contrary to one posters the computer is always drawing some level of current if only to keep the LED on the front on.
If your computer is slow to start you have other problems most likely related to too many programs and apps automatically running on startup. Go into the "startup" and manually disable any programs that are starting up that you dont need. Most are obvious. If you are not sure if one is needed just google it's name and you will find info on it. This helps tremendously in getting your computer to run right. Most new computers are loaded so that nearly all the programs are set to run in the background at startup. This is madness.
In short I advocate being in charge of your computer not the other way around.
First on allowing updates: I never allow any program to automatically update. Many updates include adware and other non related programs that you may not want and dont need...it's Bloatware. I always set my computer to notify me of any update and then I read them and choose which parts of them to allow. Many do this some do not) This alone does wonders to keep your computer "Clean" and running fast.
Second: Simply shutting down the computer will not clean out the cache completely..there is more than one. You need a good program like CCleaner to go in and do that and I run mine once a week.
Third: Leaving your computer on all night has several risks some likely some less likely. The most likely is if you are hooked up to wifi its like leaving your front door open. Virtually anyone can get in. Also if you live in an area of frequent lightning storms you should unplug the computer from the wall. A Surge protector will help, but I have had two laptops and two surge protectors killed by lightning not to mention my wifi.
Fourth: Your computer is made up of many devices, some mechanical and many electrical. Why run any of these if it's not necessary? And contrary to one posters the computer is always drawing some level of current if only to keep the LED on the front on.
If your computer is slow to start you have other problems most likely related to too many programs and apps automatically running on startup. Go into the "startup" and manually disable any programs that are starting up that you dont need. Most are obvious. If you are not sure if one is needed just google it's name and you will find info on it. This helps tremendously in getting your computer to run right. Most new computers are loaded so that nearly all the programs are set to run in the background at startup. This is madness.
In short I advocate being in charge of your computer not the other way around.
