Re: Windows 10 and 11 power state habits: shutdown, sleep or hibernate
Steve Hayes <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:51:04 +0200
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.microsoft.windows |
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| Organization | Khanya Publications |
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On 25 Jan 2026 13:36:51 GMT, Frank Slootweg <[email protected]> wrote: >Char Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:09:35 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >I always shut down my desktop PC as well as switching power to the PC >> >off!! Basically all electronics in my room is powered off, not even in >> >soft standby mode. >> >> I shut down my desktop PC when I need to do some work inside, which >> seems to be less than once a year lately. I reboot it 2, maybe 3, times >> per year, after installing updates. >> >> I can't remember the last time I shut down my laptop. I use sleep or >> hibernate, depending on the circumstances. Like the desktop, the laptop >> gets rebooted 2-3 times a year. > > Can you please stop being sensible!? :-) Don't you know that Windows >systems must be shutdown/rebooted at least once a day and preferably >more often. I shut down my desktop and laptop at least once a day, when I go to bed at night, and I switch them off at the wall plug, mainly to keep my electricity bill down. Even when the machines themselves are not running, the transformers consume electricity if not switched off or unplugged. My desktop computer has a couple of hard disks, and I have a funny feeling that if I leave it running all the time, even when I'm not using it, the bearings will wear out faster. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk