Also, I have Windows set to check for updates at 3 in the morning. I find its updating to be very ineffective whent he machine is turned off.
bruce On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:24:44 -0500, "Bruce Toews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 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] -- 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]
