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Deleted User Banned                 Since: 05-08-06 Last post: None Last view: 6296 days |
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| Well, what's the benefit of having it on 24/7 aside from not having to switch it off/on all the time?
Because since we have 2 computers the $ we had to pay basically doubled, even though we don't have them all day and night... EDIT - I think we "posted at the same time", your message was not there when I started replying, so it seems it took me 5 minutes to post that  (edited by Uly on 10-08-06 09:50 PM) |
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emcee Red Super Koopa       Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Originally posted by asdf Oh, ok, I thought we were specifically talking about "up time" (given the screenshot in the first post). Originally posted by asdf I think the effects are probably relatively minor either way. I think most people replace equipment (individual hardware or the whole system), because they feel it's out of date, before it wears out. As far as the hard drives go, although I've seen computers where the hard drive bearings have went bad, normally they die from physical damage to the platters, due the power being pulled while writing, causing the write head hit the platters as it slows down. |
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Dr_Death16   970 Since: 05-07-06 From: Iowa Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| I've had my PC on constantly almost the entire summer this year. If I had to guess it probably went 2 months without being turned off to complete installation or something of that sort. I've had it on currently constantly for about 8 days. I keep it on because it is a pseudo-server and holds a lot of the files that the other computers on my network access frequently; also, I leave Trillian on to get messages left by a few friends who work late nights and get on while I sleep. | |||
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Deleted User Banned Since: 05-08-06 Last post: None Last view: 6296 days |
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| If you just mean actually having the computer "running", the maximum I've had is only about 15 hours, but if you include "hibernation" (although it's not physically running on power, it's is technically "running" in the computers memory), then, well, turned the computer on I think about 19th March (2006), and have never "shut down" the computer since (that's 212 days as of today!). | |||
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Glyphodon Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6336 days Last view: 6317 days |
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About 35 hours. 
My computer isn't even hooked up to the internet, though, so it's not like there's much to do with it in the background. As for this computer, if I leave it online forever it'll tie up the phone lines, and since it's not mine I install things on it rarely. I guess I just never saw the point in keeping computers on all the time. |
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Thexare Metal battleaxe Off to better places  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| Er, about 20 hours is my record. 8 of those I was sleeping, but downloading some crap. I normally shut down the computer when I'm done with it, and this includes while I'm asleep as even the little bit of noise from the computer causes me to have some trouble getting to sleep (but someone could start playing Doom on this computer, right next to my bed, with the volume up and as long as I was asleep when they started, I'd never notice...) | |||
Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| My record would be... eh... maybe 16-17 hours? :\
I don't keep my PC on at night, that's a big reason why. It's generally on whenever I'm awake/at home. |
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ibz10g Spiny Since: 08-10-06 From: Altoona, Iowa Last post: 6341 days Last view: 6341 days |
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| I can't leave it on for more than 3 days at best. A spyware ad will pop up, 67 Iexplorer windows will open, then I can't do anything except on programs I already had running. Therefore, I must turn it off. | |||
asdf Link's Awakening ಠ_ಠ  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Originally posted by ibz10g Why don't you just run a spyware scanner and get rid of whatever is causing that to happen? It wouldn't take very long - and it would solve other troubles of yours as well. |
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ibz10g Spiny Since: 08-10-06 From: Altoona, Iowa Last post: 6341 days Last view: 6341 days |
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| You'd think I'd have tired that?
I did. I have 2 spyware scanners (Spybot S&D, Lavasoft). I have only one spware file, which is Command Service. |
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asdf Link's Awakening ಠ_ಠ Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| Hm. I remember someone saying that he ran another, non-free spyware scanner after running both Spybot and Adaware, and found 50+ threats that they did not find. You likely have something more advanced that those spyware detectors don't pick up on for one reason or another. |
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Glyphodon Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6336 days Last view: 6317 days |
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| Be careful with that train of thought. Just because something costs money doesn't make it good. Norton is a good example: I would have thought Norton Antivirus 2004 would find more threats than other such utilities.
Guess what? It doesn't. Then I figured, "hey, Norton's updates are probably better than the others, though." Guess what? They stopped after six months and then I had to pay more. Then I figured, well, maybe I should just uninstall Norton... Guess what? That part didn't work either. I had to do it manually, as in registry-deleting manually otherwise my computer would throw errors in DOS mode when the comp started. I'm not entirely convinced that ALL propriety software doesn't suck, really. I just don't know of anything that doesn't have a purely freeware equivalent that's just as good, except for Adobe products. |
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asdf Link's Awakening ಠ_ಠ Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| It goes without saying, Glyph. I've heard some positive reviews from a good number of people from the product I am talking about, however. And Freeware does tend to be poorer than shareware on average. |
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Deleted User Banned Since: 05-08-06 Last post: None Last view: 6296 days |
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Originally posted by ibz10g About the IExplorer windows, once, my computer was so badly infected with SpyWare that literally (I'm not joking), I got 50+ pop-ups sometimes simultaneously, within less than a minute. |
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rubixcuber Mole  Since: 09-08-06 From: St. Louis, MO Last post: 6405 days Last view: 6405 days |
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| If servers count, I think mine stayed up for about a year and three months before going down in a power outage.
As for my desktop PC, if restarting doesn't matter, then probably about 6 months longer than the server. If restarting resets the clock, then probably about a week. |
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