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May 16th, 2012, 09:51 PM
#1
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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May 16th, 2012, 10:05 PM
#2
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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May 16th, 2012, 10:29 PM
#3
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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May 17th, 2012, 06:12 AM
#4
Originally Posted by Train
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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May 17th, 2012, 12:59 PM
#5
looks like its a good option then,
saves all that time waiting for the comp to reboot
from a complete shutdown.
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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May 17th, 2012, 07:33 PM
#6
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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May 17th, 2012, 07:45 PM
#7
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 ?
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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May 18th, 2012, 05:03 AM
#8
Don't forget to reboot once in a while. Clears the cobwebs out of RAM.
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