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How frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted
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I try to avoid rebooting, by closing the lid of my notebook into sleep mode. However after a long time (a few days) things stop working, like Task Manager fails to display WiFi stats. So I close and open it and it works properly again. Maybe there is something wrong with my hardware. I have never done memtest, I don't know how. Maybe a cosmic ray might change a bit, but I live at sea level. On occasion my machine will freeze up or reboot spontaneously. To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Thanks in advance. |
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How frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted
On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:49:25 -0800, Norm X wrote:
Hi, I try to avoid rebooting, by closing the lid of my notebook into sleep mode. However after a long time (a few days) things stop working, like Task Manager fails to display WiFi stats. So I close and open it and it works properly again. Maybe there is something wrong with my hardware. I have never done memtest, I don't know how. Maybe a cosmic ray might change a bit, but I live at sea level. On occasion my machine will freeze up or reboot spontaneously. To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Thanks in advance. Don't know what the issue is - I live at 4500 feet and never have a problem. Currently six computers - desktops, netbooks, chromebooks go several months between reboots. |
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How frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted
On 2016-02-01 11:00 AM, ray carter wrote:
On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:49:25 -0800, Norm X wrote: Hi, I try to avoid rebooting, by closing the lid of my notebook into sleep mode. However after a long time (a few days) things stop working, like Task Manager fails to display WiFi stats. So I close and open it and it works properly again. Maybe there is something wrong with my hardware. I have never done memtest, I don't know how. Maybe a cosmic ray might change a bit, but I live at sea level. On occasion my machine will freeze up or reboot spontaneously. To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Thanks in advance. Don't know what the issue is - I live at 4500 feet and never have a problem. Currently six computers - desktops, netbooks, chromebooks go several months between reboots. I know what you mean. I have a Win7 desktop which I recently upgraded to quad core. For eight years I have been using a 3 drive RAID 0 storage array. It stays steady for months no complaint. I use it as my main server. I observed that after the quad core upgrade, there were fewer errors shown in the Event Viewer. That is understandable because when I purchased the Acer desktop Vista-32 was installed. Now it runs Win-7 64-bit better than my Acer Win-10 64-bit notebook. I purchased it less than a year ago with Win 8.1 installed and now there have been two upgrades of Win10. I try to insure device drivers are upgraded. The Event Viewer shows a lot of errors. Maybe the quality of free OS is less. As a disabled person I have some entitlement to Microsoft product keys and the Win7 Enterprise is commercial grade. The Win10 is a Home edition. I have contemplated whether I should try to purchase a commercial grade of Win10. Win10 Home is a bit crippled, e.g. Remote Desktop into it is not supported. All the upgrades have been over Wifi and maybe some bit somewhere got clobbered. |
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On 2016-02-01 11:36 AM, Norm X wrote:
On 2016-02-01 11:00 AM, ray carter wrote: On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:49:25 -0800, Norm X wrote: Hi, I try to avoid rebooting, by closing the lid of my notebook into sleep mode. However after a long time (a few days) things stop working, like Task Manager fails to display WiFi stats. So I close and open it and it works properly again. Maybe there is something wrong with my hardware. I have never done memtest, I don't know how. Maybe a cosmic ray might change a bit, but I live at sea level. On occasion my machine will freeze up or reboot spontaneously. To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Thanks in advance. Don't know what the issue is - I live at 4500 feet and never have a problem. Currently six computers - desktops, netbooks, chromebooks go several months between reboots. I know what you mean. I have a Win7 desktop which I recently upgraded to quad core. For eight years I have been using a 3 drive RAID 0 storage array. It stays steady for months no complaint. I use it as my main server. I observed that after the quad core upgrade, there were fewer errors shown in the Event Viewer. That is understandable because when I purchased the Acer desktop Vista-32 was installed. Now it runs Win-7 64-bit better than my Acer Win-10 64-bit notebook. I purchased it less than a year ago with Win 8.1 installed and now there have been two upgrades of Win10. I try to insure device drivers are upgraded. The Event Viewer shows a lot of errors. Maybe the quality of free OS is less. As a disabled person I have some entitlement to Microsoft product keys and the Win7 Enterprise is commercial grade. The Win10 is a Home edition. I have contemplated whether I should try to purchase a commercial grade of Win10. Win10 Home is a bit crippled, e.g. Remote Desktop into it is not supported. All the upgrades have been over Wifi and maybe some bit somewhere got clobbered. My Win10 system is screwed up. Underneath the Win10 upgrade is a lot of Acer Bloatware. Acer Care Center is hung and I need to reboot. Maybe someone with a similar experience could offer advice. Thanks in advance. |
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On 2/1/2016 2:14 PM, Norm X wrote:
On 2016-02-01 11:36 AM, Norm X wrote: On 2016-02-01 11:00 AM, ray carter wrote: On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:49:25 -0800, Norm X wrote: Hi, I try to avoid rebooting, by closing the lid of my notebook into sleep mode. However after a long time (a few days) things stop working, like Task Manager fails to display WiFi stats. So I close and open it and it works properly again. Maybe there is something wrong with my hardware. I have never done memtest, I don't know how. Maybe a cosmic ray might change a bit, but I live at sea level. On occasion my machine will freeze up or reboot spontaneously. To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Thanks in advance. Don't know what the issue is - I live at 4500 feet and never have a problem. Currently six computers - desktops, netbooks, chromebooks go several months between reboots. I know what you mean. I have a Win7 desktop which I recently upgraded to quad core. For eight years I have been using a 3 drive RAID 0 storage array. It stays steady for months no complaint. I use it as my main server. I observed that after the quad core upgrade, there were fewer errors shown in the Event Viewer. That is understandable because when I purchased the Acer desktop Vista-32 was installed. Now it runs Win-7 64-bit better than my Acer Win-10 64-bit notebook. I purchased it less than a year ago with Win 8.1 installed and now there have been two upgrades of Win10. I try to insure device drivers are upgraded. The Event Viewer shows a lot of errors. Maybe the quality of free OS is less. As a disabled person I have some entitlement to Microsoft product keys and the Win7 Enterprise is commercial grade. The Win10 is a Home edition. I have contemplated whether I should try to purchase a commercial grade of Win10. Win10 Home is a bit crippled, e.g. Remote Desktop into it is not supported. All the upgrades have been over Wifi and maybe some bit somewhere got clobbered. My Win10 system is screwed up. Underneath the Win10 upgrade is a lot of Acer Bloatware. Acer Care Center is hung and I need to reboot. Maybe someone with a similar experience could offer advice. Thanks in advance. First thing I would try is a cold reboot, Then run decrapifier to get rid of some of the crap. Regards, Rene |
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On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:49:25 -0800, Norm X wrote: Hi, I try to avoid rebooting, by closing the lid of my notebook into sleep mode. However after a long time (a few days) things stop working, like Task Manager fails to display WiFi stats. So I close and open it and it works properly again. Maybe there is something wrong with my hardware. I have never done memtest, I don't know how. Maybe a cosmic ray might change a bit, but I live at sea level. On occasion my machine will freeze up or reboot spontaneously. To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Thanks in advance. I have two Windows 10 machines being used as low volume servers. I never reboot either one except when a reboot is required for updates. I have had no issues with either one. But then again, updates have happened at least monthly and sometimes much more often. |
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How frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 10:49:25 -0800, Norm X wrote:
To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Never! I reboot it only when an update (either to Windows or some other program) requires it. |
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On 2/1/2016 3:09 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 10:49:25 -0800, Norm X wrote: To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Never! I reboot it only when an update (either to Windows or some other program) requires it. I don't think it really matters. I dualboot win 10 and Linux mint sometimes 4 or 5 times a day, Some days not at all, Don't see any difference especially with SSDs. Regards, Rene |
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How frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted
On 2/1/2016 1:49 PM, Norm X wrote:
Hi, I try to avoid rebooting, by closing the lid of my notebook into sleep mode. However after a long time (a few days) things stop working, like Task Manager fails to display WiFi stats. So I close and open it and it works properly again. Maybe there is something wrong with my hardware. I have never done memtest, I don't know how. Maybe a cosmic ray might change a bit, but I live at sea level. On occasion my machine will freeze up or reboot spontaneously. To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Thanks in advance. I will offer the other side of the question. I shut my computers down every time I am done with them. With a cold start every time I need the computer, I avoid all of the problems with accumulated errors and memory leaks that occur when the computer is on constantly. Since these computers are all on my local LAN, they can be accesses or access the LAN when ever needed. If the computer is on it can be hacked. A Computer that is turned off, and can not be started from the LAN, can not be hacked. It is the most secure computer in the world. So since mine are turned off, my exposure and need for virus protection is just a few hours per day that I use the computer. |
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How frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 15:20:10 -0600, Rene Lamontagne
wrote: On 2/1/2016 3:09 PM, Ken Blake wrote: On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 10:49:25 -0800, Norm X wrote: To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Never! I reboot it only when an update (either to Windows or some other program) requires it. I don't think it really matters. Perhaps I didn't make it clear, but that's what I meant. It doesn't hurt to reboot, but there's never a time when you *should*. |
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How frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted
Norm X wrote:
On 2016-02-01 11:36 AM, Norm X wrote: On 2016-02-01 11:00 AM, ray carter wrote: On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:49:25 -0800, Norm X wrote: Hi, I try to avoid rebooting, by closing the lid of my notebook into sleep mode. However after a long time (a few days) things stop working, like Task Manager fails to display WiFi stats. So I close and open it and it works properly again. Maybe there is something wrong with my hardware. I have never done memtest, I don't know how. Maybe a cosmic ray might change a bit, but I live at sea level. On occasion my machine will freeze up or reboot spontaneously. To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Thanks in advance. Don't know what the issue is - I live at 4500 feet and never have a problem. Currently six computers - desktops, netbooks, chromebooks go several months between reboots. I know what you mean. I have a Win7 desktop which I recently upgraded to quad core. For eight years I have been using a 3 drive RAID 0 storage array. It stays steady for months no complaint. I use it as my main server. I observed that after the quad core upgrade, there were fewer errors shown in the Event Viewer. That is understandable because when I purchased the Acer desktop Vista-32 was installed. Now it runs Win-7 64-bit better than my Acer Win-10 64-bit notebook. I purchased it less than a year ago with Win 8.1 installed and now there have been two upgrades of Win10. I try to insure device drivers are upgraded. The Event Viewer shows a lot of errors. Maybe the quality of free OS is less. As a disabled person I have some entitlement to Microsoft product keys and the Win7 Enterprise is commercial grade. The Win10 is a Home edition. I have contemplated whether I should try to purchase a commercial grade of Win10. Win10 Home is a bit crippled, e.g. Remote Desktop into it is not supported. All the upgrades have been over Wifi and maybe some bit somewhere got clobbered. My Win10 system is screwed up. Underneath the Win10 upgrade is a lot of Acer Bloatware. Acer Care Center is hung and I need to reboot. Maybe someone with a similar experience could offer advice. Thanks in advance. Maybe after doing your Upgrade Install to get the digital entitlement key on the Microsoft server, you should follow up with a Clean Install done using a Win10 download-able ISO and associated DVD. Discs such as 10240 and 10586 should be available. A clean install, will remove every aspect of "Acer". I did a clean install on my Win7 laptop, to send all the Zynga games to the abyss. That's faster than removing "cruft" by hand. Paul |
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How frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted
Ken Blake wrote:
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 15:20:10 -0600, Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 2/1/2016 3:09 PM, Ken Blake wrote: On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 10:49:25 -0800, Norm X wrote: To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Never! I reboot it only when an update (either to Windows or some other program) requires it. I don't think it really matters. Perhaps I didn't make it clear, but that's what I meant. It doesn't hurt to reboot, but there's never a time when you *should*. Win10 Insider prompts for reboots often enough, you'll never set any "Uptime" records. Paul |
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How frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted
Norm X wrote:
Hi, I try to avoid rebooting, by closing the lid of my notebook into sleep mode. However after a long time (a few days) things stop working, like Task Manager fails to display WiFi stats. So I close and open it and it works properly again. Maybe there is something wrong with my hardware. I have never done memtest, I don't know how. Maybe a cosmic ray might change a bit, but I live at sea level. On occasion my machine will freeze up or reboot spontaneously. To be on the safe side, how frequently should Windows 10 be rebooted? Thanks in advance. There is no reboot nor reinstall requirement or recommendations like in the early days of Windows. if "things" stop working after a few days, then something is wrong. Find out what and fix it. Your system shouldn't require reboots except during updates. Hopefully, one day, that will be a thing of the past. It is now with some other OSes. Stef |
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