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Should i shut down my PC every night?

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  • datostar
    datostar Posts: 1,288 Forumite
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    virgo17 wrote: »
    Was it not possible to boot into linux from the CD, mount the windows disk and delete the corrupt hiberfile.sys from linux?

    Might have been but I feared that Windows would look for it on a reboot and still be unable to start without it.
  • rmg1
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    I use standby a great deal and rarely shutdown my PC. My PC has been running for over 5 days so far since I last rebooted.

    It is more convenient to keep it in standby and have everything where it is ready for me to go back to than to have to boot and open all the software from fresh.

    The only other alternative would be hibernation but that uses a lot of SSD space which I do not want to allocate. It's slower too.

    I used to think that.
    I now havew a startup script (DOS batch file) that starts all the programs I need as soon as I log in (it's a work Windows 10 desktop that gets restarted every night).
    I've also set up my Chrome startup pages so that they open as defualt as well.

    Happy to share the batch file if anyone is interested.
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  • Chino
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    rmg1 wrote: »
    I now havew a startup script (DOS batch file) that starts all the programs I need as soon as I log in (it's a work Windows 10 desktop that gets restarted every night).
    Here's another way:
    Change which apps run automatically at startup in Windows 10
  • rricaresad33
    rricaresad33 Posts: 10 Forumite
    I've heard that it's not good for the pc not to shut it down for a while
  • JJ_Egan
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    Yes gives the spammer a rest especially the VPN spammers .
  • rmg1
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    Chino wrote: »

    I've just had a look at that but I don't get the options in Settings. It's probably becuase it's a work machine and fairly locked down.

    When I get round to installing Windows 10 at home, I'll try and remember about your link.
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  • prowla
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    You can set your web browser to open multiple pages on startup.
  • mksysb
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    If you have a windows pc, best to switch it off every night to free the memory and get the updates. If you have a linux machine best to leave it running. Most breakdowns will happen at startup.
  • TELLIT01
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    I don't shut down every night, and have done the same for years. If I notice things slowing down I will shut down and then reboot, (not restart as that doesn't do a cold start). On my PC, Windows will tell me if it wants to do an update and I will schedule that for a time when it's convenient for me.
  • Carrot007
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    mksysb wrote: »
    If you have a windows pc, best to switch it off every night [] and get the updates


    Good luck with that. I find the updates install better when I leave it on and set a 5am install stuff point. You howver are either confused or drunk! (or left the download updates to the default ridiculous time when you want all the speed you can get!)
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