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How Often Should You Reboot?

I only re boot if I am getting updates or I encounter a problem etc... Other than that I feel it more important to manage spyware, defrag, control cookies etc... etc... But I do check for updates once a month even though my pc is programmed for automatic updates, so yes sometimes I am re booted if I like it or not.
 
Once a week I tend to.
 
I can't understand why people would leave their computer on "all the time". What is the benefit from it? I don't see any....I believe it will have a shorter life-span.
 
I have a mail server i have not rebooted in 193 days .....only reason was a security update, I generally relaunch the service rather then reboot the OS.
 
Generally the only time I reboot is when the power goes out ;)
Or I am absolutely forced to by an update.
 
The Bandit said:
I can't understand why people would leave their computer on "all the time". What is the benefit from it? I don't see any....I believe it will have a shorter life-span.
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The say that constantly starting up and shutting off the computer will shorten its life span too. The jolt of electricity to the system on start up, the spinning up of aspinng down of the HD, etc. Personally I think it's 6 of one, a half dozen of the other. I just leave mine on all the time.
 
Apparently it's a big debate as to which is worse: leaving your computer on all the time (which shortens the life span of components), or turning it on and off every time you use it (which increases the startup/shutdown count, which is hard on the components).

The only consensus is that leaving it on all the time eats up more electricity (make sure you turn off the monitor when you're not around!) and puts you at greater risk of getting hit with a power surge/electrical outage. But apparently the startup/shutdown is tough on hard drives.

So it is sort of a crap shoot.
 
If you are using 2000/2003/XP home or pro you should not have to reboot unless you are updating the system. These OSes are designed to be up and running all the time... Not like 98/NT or ME. It is advisable to use power save features though as this will be less wear on the system overall (its much more gentle to wake the system from a sleep than powering up) and saves hydro.
 
IggyP said:
It is advisable to use power save features though as this will be less wear on the system overall (its much more gentle to wake the system from a sleep than powering up) and saves hydro.
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I do this routinely (putting it on standby) but more often than not, when it "wakes up", some programs become unstable and the whole damn thing crashes and I end up having to re-boot anyways. Particularly annoying is that the sound always cuts out completely after it comes out of standby mode. Anyone know why this happens? I'm running XP.
 
t8rs said:
I do this routinely (putting it on standby) but more often than not, when it "wakes up", some programs become unstable and the whole damn thing crashes and I end up having to re-boot anyways. Particularly annoying is that the sound always cuts out completely after it comes out of standby mode. Anyone know why this happens? I'm running XP.
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Try going into your bios and disabling any power saving features in there. They can conflict with XP. Also, make sure your sound card driver is up to date as well. Had the same problem myself on a high end Adiofile sound card and had to update. Also, something to try... Instead of manually putting the PC to sleep try allowing windows to manage this. Your power options controls should be in your control panel.
 
If you are real adventurous and looking for a change, try a linux desktop operating system.

Very stable IMO.
 
arkania said:
If you are real adventurous and looking for a change, try a linux desktop operating system.

Very stable IMO.
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More true words could not have been spoken. Linux is very stable and in many cases even free. Its not to difficult to set up a dual boot system so you can get used to Linux before making the switch. There is even some cross platform middleware programs that allow you to use windows applications on Linux. In short, you can do anything you can do on windows with Linux and more. It does require a lot of learning but you can even make the interface look almost same as a windows desktop or even a Mac desktop. By the way, the new Mac/Intel machines will also run windows not just OS X and they are very solid machines as is the OS X operating system. OS X is built on a UNIX architecture. My Linux server and Mac powerbook (laptop) have been up and running for 675 days without one single reboot... Even the powerbook. My windoze machines need to be booted constantly...
 
Adding to what arkania and IggyP have said, for Windows users who want to take a look at Linux I'd recommend Ubuntu Linux. As with many other flavours of Linux, this one's also available as a no-install "Live" CD that you can try without installing anything or uninstalling your current operating system. Running the "Live" CD isn't quite the same as doing a real installation, but it's great for a quick spin and testing some hardware compatibility before you decide whether or not you want to install the real thing.

http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/06/26/essentials-2006
 
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