I heard letting the computer just go to sleep and not actually turning it off is bad for the computer? is that true?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP g7-2323dx
- Memory
- 4
- Hard Drives
- 640GB
Thank you! How do you enable SMART?
The computer would b eno more vulnerable to attack at night than during the day. Having the computer on at night just widens the opportunity when such an attack is possible.
I heard that your computer will be exposed to hackers if you don't turn it off during the night. Is that true?
There are some who say that there is an advantage of shutting it down occasionally because it clears the memory.
+1There are some who say that there is an advantage of shutting it down occasionally because it clears the memory.
The idea that clearing memory being a good thing is based on a hopelessly outdated (20 years +) concept of memory management. Shutting down the computer does of course clear memory (as it must) and that is precisely why I do so only when necessary. After a shutdown or restart nothing is in the cache and everything is slow. The code base of Windows 8 is virtually identical to that of Server 2012 and most servers run 24/7, being shut down only when necessary for updates or maintenance.
The only real downside to keeping a computer on all the time is power consumption and wear on the HD. You can avoid that by using Sleep or hibernation.
There are some who say that there is an advantage of shutting it down occasionally because it clears the memory. But what is the advantage of leaving it on constantly? As far as waiting for it to boot up is concerned, it takes about 1 minute for mine to boot up.
Shutting down the computer does of course clear memory (as it must) and that is precisely why I do so only when necessary.