FWIW I like having my users leave their machines on all the time. FOr one thing, it allows me to schedule performance-hitting tasks like Deep AV Scans and compacting local PST files at night when the users aren't there. Second, it allows me to schedule tasks that need files closed like backing up critical local files (I wish I didn't have to, but I do) at times when it won't impact users. Third, it allows me to do remote maintenance without stepping on toes (although WOL has worked well for me in the past for this -- log in remotely to an always-on machine, tell systems to wake up, then I work on them).
That said, Tucson has a serious "monsoon season" from July 4-early September, so we often have users turn off at night during these months. I did have one client who lost an entire network except the server to a direct lightning hit on the building 3' from the HS Internet feed. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
