Log Off or Shut Down?

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Originally Posted by eSocks

if you leave it unattended for a certain length of time doesnt it automatically go into sleep mode anyway? (idk that might just be my laptop)

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Yes I believe the default power settings are something along these lines. You can change all these options in Control Panel if memory serves.

I usually never shut off the Mac or PC. Although once in a while it's a good idea to reboot just to clear out any ram flukes or pointless processes running.

When I faced similar problems with windows in the past I found that the best remedy was usually to reimage.

God I never shut down any of the 3 computers I use frequently. Makes me feel bad.

I leave my computer on quite a lot usually only shutting it down if i decide i'm going to be away for too long. If im out I often use the time away from it to do scans and such so when I'm back I know I can do what I want without them interupting whatever I'm doing - espcially if its gaming or something with high resources.

I'll reboot for updates and stuff.

i just put it to sleep

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Originally Posted by RatedRShadow

Recently, my computer is facing problems like blank screen or "Blue Screen Of Death" whenever i wanted to use it (after i shutting it down few hours ago). And now i got fear of shutting down my computer, and one of my friend suggested me to log off the computer and leave it unattended if i'm not using it.

Should i listen to him and just log off my computer? And by doing that, does the energy still runs like how it was when I'm using it?

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Could you provide the BSOD error code?

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Originally Posted by peteyt

Sounds like theres a problem however with your computer.

I'd try to find out what it is - it could be a simple issue but if its something worse ignoring it may simply cause it to grow and grow.

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Oh my! Let's hope it's not something serious. I think it's just some loose part on the RAM.

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Originally Posted by Chippiewill

Could you provide the BSOD error code?

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I can't really remember, it happened once only. But blank screen happened more than twice in a month.

isn't putting it on 'sleep' mode effectively changing the screen darkness as much as turning it off?

I think it keeps everything in the RAM and runs just a checking task (For keyboard/mouse use) on the CPU reducing the power required. I think hibernate is similar but stores it to HDD and turns off.

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Originally Posted by Chippiewill

I think it keeps everything in the RAM and runs just a checking task (For keyboard/mouse use) on the CPU reducing the power required. I think hibernate is similar but stores it to HDD and turns off.

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Yes. When hibernating the data on ram is written to a pagefile before it cuts power.

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Originally Posted by Chippiewill

I think it keeps everything in the RAM and runs just a checking task (For keyboard/mouse use) on the CPU reducing the power required. I think hibernate is similar but stores it to HDD and turns off.

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it's just a key down and mouse down event.