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  1. #1
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    Shutdown

    Hi,
    Usually I shutdown the comp by pressing the button
    at the top of my comp.
    Next day when I switch on, it takes about 10 mins to reboot
    and be ready for use.

    Today I used the button top left on my keyboard,
    it seemed to shut down the comp in the usual way, it went very quiet, no hum or anything.

    I switched it back on 2 hours later with the same keyboard button and it came back in about 40 seconds, with the windows there just as I left off .

    I m wondering, is it worth doing it this way in future ? its kind of putting the comp in hold, not a full shut down.

    Are there any disadvantages ?... like, could it be burning elec
    in that mode ?
    Thanks for any advice.
    Desk Top
    windows home 10
    intel (r) Pentium (r) cpu n3700 @1.60 ghz
    8 GB RAM
    64 BIT OP SYSTEM

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    Sounds like you put your system into Standby or Hibernate instead of doing an actual shutdown.

    The article is about Windows 7, but it's basically the same for XP.
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...sked-questions

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    By shutting down and turning all the computer stuff off, I save enough money to buy a month's supply of Groceries and 2 trips to a restaurant in a year.
    Xp, Start, shutdown, shutdown.

    With just reaching up and using the button like, well I have had to tell many a person to do a clean install because they used it to shutdown. Shutting the power off, worse yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Train View Post

    By shutting down and turning all the computer stuff off, I save enough money to buy a month's supply of Groceries and 2 trips to a restaurant in a year.
    Xp, Start, shutdown, shutdown.
    There is a CyberPower 1500PFCLCD UPS sitting next to a computer here on the desk. Connected to this UPS are a desktop computer, two monitors, a 3-piece speaker set and a 5-port gigabit switch. The LCD on the UPS says the current output is 198 watts. Press the little button on the keyboard with the little sliver of a moon on it (Sleep) and within about 3 seconds you can hear the hard drive spinning down, the monitors then go blank, the computer fans go silent and the UPS LCD is now reading _0_ (zero) watts.

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    looks like its a good option then,
    saves all that time waiting for the comp to reboot
    from a complete shutdown.
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    intel (r) Pentium (r) cpu n3700 @1.60 ghz
    8 GB RAM
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    Yep, works for me, (on some of my computers).

    My newest desktop pc goes from sleep to back live on the 'net in roughly 7 seconds. From completely powered off to viewing Google News in IE takes it 38 seconds. Love it.

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    iTS the half moon symbol top left on the keyboard,

    its going to save me a lot of time waiting for the comp to boot up
    Ive been on the net for 12 years, how come I did nt
    think of this before now ?
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    Don't forget to reboot once in a while. Clears the cobwebs out of RAM.

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