Hi, Having a screen saver is good. But, every time you standby or shutdown a computer, there is a lot of wear and tear on the components. The system goes from room temp to warm and back. Metals and other materials expand and contract which causes fatigue. Another item is the hard drive, it has to spin up and down every time you apply and remove power. Finally, a standard pc uses very little electricity.
So, in my opinion,(over 20 years of hardware exp), is that power-cycling a computer that has a constant supply of power probably is more harmfull than just letting it sit and spin. I would, however, reboot a windows based system atleast once a week or less. Kinda helps to clear the baffles, apply them pesky updates and gives a fresh system for microshaft. Just my 2-cents.. Warm Regards.. Joe Lanier -----Original Message----- From: Darren Tomblin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:31 PM To: Mr. Bill; gw-info Subject: Re: scheduling computer wakeup I could run it all day I'm just concerned about wearing out my computer by leaving running at full power instead of in standby while I'm not using it and be able to have it wake up at specfic time so I can record streams. thanks -------------------------------------------------- From: "Mr. Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:09 AM To: "Darren Tomblin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: scheduling computer wakeup > Hi but these days computors are made to run all day ok? or is it the power > bill?At 09:56 PM 8/26/2008, you wrote: >>Hi, I was wondering if anyone know of a program that will schedule the >>computer to wakup from standy that works well with window eyes. I tried >>windows scheduled tasks but it wasn't too precise in the times it gave. I >>have internet streams scheduled to record in replay av but don't want to >>leave my computer running all the time I would appreciate any help. thanks >>73, >>Darren Tomblin (KC9JJJ) >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Plaza/8579 >>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and >>your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending >>your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >> >>All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and >>can be searched through and sorted using the search >>form at the bottom of the page. >>If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. >> >> >>__________ NOD32 3390 (20080826) Information __________ >> >>This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>http://www.eset.com >> > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.9/1637 - Release Date: 8/27/2008 7:01 AM If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
