Shutting Down Times?

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ok well iv enver really researched this up until today every night before i
go to bed i shut down my computer..........is this the right thing to do or
should i put it to sleep instead?????
 
There is no hard and fast rule for this. its all personal preference. Putting
the computer to sleep mode will gives u an almost instant on experience.
However, do note that when a computer goes into sleep mode, the existing
state is actually store in the RAM. So while the computer is in sleep mode
and a power outage occured, you will potentially lost unsave data. This can
be overcome by ensuring that all documents are saved and closed before
putting the computer into sleep mode.

The next biggest difference might just be the power consumption.
 
There seems to be some confusion about Sleep. It's a new feature introduced
in Vista and combines the functions of Standby and Hibernate. It saves an
image of RAM to the hard drive (traditional hibernate function) AND keeps
RAM refreshed while powering down most PC functionality (standby). This
allows the very fast wake up time of standby while protecting against data
loss in the event of a power outage.

That being said, personally I like to turn the computer off overnight, but
use sleep if it will be inactive for some hours during the day but used
again later. This purely a matter of personal preference, but for users who
use Sleep all the time I recommend an occasional reboot. Vista seems quite
stable, but all versions of Windows have tended to develop some system
corruption over time if run for extended periods.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/fastsleepandresume.mspx
 
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