I typically leave my computer on all night. I agree with Rick, you're not going to get hacked in sleep mode. Plus, I often have large projects I want the computer to work on for me overnight, and it's hard for the computer to operate at full capacity when it's switched off.
bruce On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:21:12 -0400, "WESLEY BURDEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I shut my computer off every single night and turn it on during the day. > I > have done that for years and don't have any plans to change doing that. > > Wesley from new jersey > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris > Hallsworth > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 2:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Interesting lecture on standby/sleep > > Hi all, > I've just had an interesting lecture off my girlfriend on what we should > do > to our computers at night. According to her, we should shut it down to > save > both memory and hard disk usage. Also, we could be hacked because the > Windows session hasn't really ended when we put our computers in standby > or > sleep, depending on the version of Windows. What do you all think of > this? > Full truth or a complete myth? I'd love to hear from you. > > -- > Chris Hallsworth > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: chrishallsworth7266 > klango: chrishallsworth > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following address in order to contact the management team > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following address in order to contact the management team > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bruce Toews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
