Restart vs. Shutdown

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THIS IS A LONG POST!!! BE PREPARED AND PLEASE HELP IF
YOU CAN!!! I THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR A WINDOWS XP
HOME EDITION EXPERT!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!

First off, is it better to restart the computer when you
have minor problems or to shut down the computer and
start back up again??? My brother says to restart just
like all the other Window OS (I'm am running Windows XP
Home Edition). However, I was told that it was better to
shut down the computer then start it back up again
because when you restart (this person says), Windows
doesn't put all the files away and if it does, it becomes
out of place and fragmented. He said that if you
restart, you should always defragment afterwards. He
also said that some problems can only be solved by
shutting down anyways (I find this true for one
particular case, contact me for more info if this
specific case is vital [at (e-mail address removed)]). He also
says that when you shut down and start up, Windows put
away and bring out files in a less sloppy fashion than a
restart. Is this true or false information???

There will always be Operating System problems, I know,
but this peticular problem occurred after my brother
restarted my computer: when I press ctrl + alt + delete,
my task manager shows up as the prosseses page with no
blue line with the name of the program and the three
buttons for minimizing, restore down, and the red X to
close. It's gone!!! So are the tabs to switch from the
processes page!!! It's stuck on the processes page for
good!!! I find the task manager window very important in
how I maintain my pc. Now it's almost useless. Also I
never defragmented though, ever since I bought the pc a
year ago I never had the time. Plus I just recently
check to find that I only have 1.75GB of 60GB total.
That may have contributed to this problem but I think it
was the restart my brother did.

Lastly, the reason why my brother restarted the computer
in the first place is because: 1) my (full to the limit
hard drive) and 1.4GHz system was going too slow for his
taste (I will admit, the system has been really slow
lately) and 2)when he went to click the e-mail link at
Yahoo.com (and this happened ONLY at Yahoo), the page
kept reloading and refreshing for no apparent reason and
forever until you stop it. I thought it was something
wrong with the Yahoo server however when he restarted,
this problem was eliminated and the task manager problem
arose (he doesn't know about the task manager problem and
insists that restarting is the best way to go because it
cleared this one problem). He was able to access his e-
mail. This has done this before with my mother's account
at Yahoo but it eventually went away after a couple of
days or so. Could this restart and Yahoo thing happened
coincidentally??? or was it my computer the problem???
What about the problem that isn't solved when you
restart??? Is there supposed to be a balance between
restarting and shutting down and restarting??? Or are
these problems just associated with computer aging???

Phew!!! Thank You so very, very much for just reading
this long report (think of the task of having to type all
this)! Please give me some feedback or some answers
either here at Microsoft Message Boards or at my e-mail
for more up close and personal examination of this
problem at: (e-mail address removed).
Thank You again for your help in advance!!!!!
 
Hi
Is there any chance of a précis of your posting - (this person says) seems to refer to your brother.

Will

Moewwonone said:
First off, is it better to restart the computer when you
have minor problems or to shut down the computer and
start back up again??? My brother says to restart just
like all the other Window OS (I'm am running Windows XP
Home Edition). However, I was told that it was better to
shut down the computer then start it back up again
because when you restart (this person says), Windows
doesn't put all the files away and if it does, it becomes
out of place and fragmented. He said that if you
restart, you should always defragment afterwards. He
also said that some problems can only be solved by
shutting down anyways (I find this true for one
particular case, contact me for more info if this
specific case is vital [at (e-mail address removed)]). He also
says that when you shut down and start up, Windows put
away and bring out files in a less sloppy fashion than a
restart. Is this true or false information???

There will always be Operating System problems, I know,
but this peticular problem occurred after my brother
restarted my computer: when I press ctrl + alt + delete,
my task manager shows up as the prosseses page with no
blue line with the name of the program and the three
buttons for minimizing, restore down, and the red X to
close. It's gone!!! So are the tabs to switch from the
processes page!!! It's stuck on the processes page for
good!!! I find the task manager window very important in
how I maintain my pc. Now it's almost useless. Also I
never defragmented though, ever since I bought the pc a
year ago I never had the time. Plus I just recently
check to find that I only have 1.75GB of 60GB total.
That may have contributed to this problem but I think it
was the restart my brother did.

Lastly, the reason why my brother restarted the computer
in the first place is because: 1) my (full to the limit
hard drive) and 1.4GHz system was going too slow for his
taste (I will admit, the system has been really slow
lately) and 2)when he went to click the e-mail link at
Yahoo.com (and this happened ONLY at Yahoo), the page
kept reloading and refreshing for no apparent reason and
forever until you stop it. I thought it was something
wrong with the Yahoo server however when he restarted,
this problem was eliminated and the task manager problem
arose (he doesn't know about the task manager problem and
insists that restarting is the best way to go because it
cleared this one problem). He was able to access his e-
mail. This has done this before with my mother's account
at Yahoo but it eventually went away after a couple of
days or so. Could this restart and Yahoo thing happened
coincidentally??? or was it my computer the problem???
What about the problem that isn't solved when you
restart??? Is there supposed to be a balance between
restarting and shutting down and restarting??? Or are
these problems just associated with computer aging???

Phew!!! Thank You so very, very much for just reading
this long report (think of the task of having to type all
this)! Please give me some feedback or some answers
either here at Microsoft Message Boards or at my e-mail
for more up close and personal examination of this
problem at: (e-mail address removed).
Thank You again for your help in advance!!!!!
 
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