To turn off your computer or leave it on?

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Bob Newman

Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn itself
off and back on again at predetrminted times?

Thanks... Bob
 
First let me say that I use my computer a total of about 3-4 hours a day and
have always left it on. I ask this question primarily because we are adding
a second computer for my wife who will probably use it about 1/2 of that
time. Here are a few agreements for each option although I am not
interested in debating them in this thread.

On:
A. I can't stand waiting forever to finish booting up
B. Life of components (I've heave agreements both way on this on)
C. Run a back-up program at night while computer is not in use

Off:
A. Life of components (I've heave agreements both way on this on)
B. A restart now and then is good for the system
C. Energy consumption

Bob
 
Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn itself
off and back on again at predetrminted times?
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Use scheduled tasks to put the computer into sleep/hibernation and
wake up from same.
 
You can set the computer to turn off after X number of seconds, counted from
when it was started (shutdown command auto run at startup).

Turning ON the computer automatically depends upon what options are
available in the bios. Some have it, some don't.
 
You can set the computer to turn off after X number of seconds, counted
from when it was started (shutdown command auto run at startup).

Turning ON the computer automatically depends upon what options are
available in the bios. Some have it, some don't.
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You can turn on modern ACPI compliant machines using Task Scheduler, even
when there is no BIOS option to turn it on a specified time.

ss.
 
Bob Newman said:
Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn
itself off and back on again at predetrminted times?

Thanks... Bob
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I do not believe you have asked the greatest computer question of all time.
Please research and then post the real computer question of all time.
 
Richard in AZ said:
And your support for this answer is?
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Did you miss the rest of the thread? The answer had already been given, but
I clarified it a bit. There is more than one way of doing it.

ss.
 
First let me say that I use my computer a total of about 3-4 hours a day and
have always left it on. I ask this question primarily because we are adding
a second computer for my wife who will probably use it about 1/2 of that
time. Here are a few agreements for each option although I am not
interested in debating them in this thread.
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Please, spare the environment and stop wasting
electricity. If you are using Vista set your computer to
go into sleep mode 1 hour after its last used and then
into hibernation (Hybrid). It will wake up and be usable
in under 1 minute when you need it. Enough time to open
a beer, or run to the bathroom.
 
JerryF said:
Please, spare the environment and stop wasting
electricity. If you are using Vista set your computer to
go into sleep mode 1 hour after its last used and then
into hibernation (Hybrid). It will wake up and be usable
in under 1 minute when you need it. Enough time to open
a beer, or run to the bathroom.
Click to expand...

"Here are a few agreements for each option although I am not interested in
debating them in this thread."

Bob
 
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