How frequently do you reboot your computer?

[DMKAlex]

I usually leave my desktop on without shutting it down. But when I did some extensive video and photoshop sessions, the response time sometimes show a lack. The lacks are all across the board in browsers and other applications like worksheet. When I clicked the command, it took some fraction of a second for the dropdown to show.

I have to reboot to bring back the agility.

Is it normal?

What's causing that?

 

[XiaoDeer]

I usually leave my desktop on without shutting it down. But when I did some extensive video and photoshop sessions, the response time sometimes show a lack. The lacks are all across the board in browsers and other applications like worksheet. When I clicked the command, it took some fraction of a second for the dropdown to show.

I have to reboot to bring back the agility.

Is it normal?

Generally, I only reboot when required by Windows Update. So I'd say it's not normal.

What's causing that?

My guess is memory leaks in Photoshop or one of your other applications.

Have you tried quitting and relaunching those resource intensive applications to see if that's sufficient to restore the agility?

 

[palombian]

I shut my desktop down when I don't need it for some time. At least every night.

And even switch it off the grid (if not it consumes the same as in sleep, 10W is 10W).

It boots within 30s. IMO it runs better that way.

 

[Allan Brown]

All my computers are OFF when not being used. They are also switched OFF from the mains - as is the modem.

There is no reason to leave a computer running 24 hrs a day. Some will say that it prevents power cycle component failures. I worked as a Reliability Engineer for many years and, for consumer desktop computers, this is Not a factor to worry about.

Allan

 

[skyglider]

I do a shift+shutdown every night before going to bed on both of my Win11 PCs. That does a "complete" shutdown and a "complete" power on boot into windows the next morning. I like having a "fresh complete" booted computer every day.

Actually, I made a script in the "Autohotkey" program to do the shift+shutdown when I press the (alt+s) keys to shutdown.

That turning off fast startup for windows results in a "complete" boot on power on is a myth. It does NOT do a "complete" power on boot. Only holding the shift key while clicking shutdown does a "complete" power on boot on the next boot into windows.

 

[drj3]

I shutdown my desktop or laptops at night and when I leave during the day, so I cannot say if you slowdown is typical. My desktop is a 13900k with a RTX 4090 so it draws a significant of amount of power when not in use.

 

[Doug J]

I keep the primary desktop in sleep mode when not in use and reboot it maybe once a week. Other computers are off when not in use.


Cheers,
Doug

 

[XiaoDeer]

I shutdown my desktop or laptops at night and when I leave during the day, so I cannot say if you slowdown is typical. My desktop is a 13900k with a RTX 4090 so it draws a significant of amount of power when not in use.

I'm in California where I pay $0.46/kWh hence I'm sensitive to wasted power.

So although I reboot infrequently, my desktop is configured to sleep after an hour of inactivity. That means it's effectively off at night unless I leave some job running.

 

[DMKAlex]

Mine is on sleep mode after 30 minutes of nonusage. But it doesn't clear the lacking issue like rebooting.

 

[kelpdiver]

I shutdown my desktop or laptops at night and when I leave during the day, so I cannot say if you slowdown is typical. My desktop is a 13900k with a RTX 4090 so it draws a significant of amount of power when not in use.

I'm in California where I pay $0.46/kWh hence I'm sensitive to wasted power.

Good reason to avoid 13900k or 14900Ks.

But sleep is sufficient.

Restarting Adobe is probably all that is needed to restore the pep. But nothing wrong with shutdowns either. I think it's closer to 15 seconds to clear post and get the windows login screen for me. It takes nearly the same time to wake up the monitors from a sleep.

 

[Ken Seals]

That turning off fast startup for windows results in a "complete" boot on power on is a myth. It does NOT do a "complete" power on boot. Only holding the shift key while clicking shutdown does a "complete" power on boot on the next boot into windows.

Thanks for that tip. I have had fast startup disabled for years. Now it will be Shift+Shutdown.

For years, I left my computers (Win NT 4.0 - Win 7)on continuously so they would be available when needed. Now that I'm retired (Win 11) and use the computer for several hours a day, I shut them down every day. I see no difference in reliability with either method.

 

[New Wrycuda]

I usually leave my desktop on without shutting it down. But when I did some extensive video and photoshop sessions, the response time sometimes show a lack. The lacks are all across the board in browsers and other applications like worksheet. When I clicked the command, it took some fraction of a second for the dropdown to show.

I have to reboot to bring back the agility.

Is it normal?

Not normal.

My computers are off when not needed, except for the main computer that acts as a file server and also has the printer attached. That computer runs most of the day, but is also switched off at night. Everything is off and disconnected from power when we are away.

The other computers boot up quite rapidly when needed (~20 sec.), and it makes no difference whether they have been shut down in standard fashion, or completely disconnected from power (e.g. for maintenance or relocation).

I decided to disable fast startup on my office Win11 PC and had to suffer an extra 5 seconds waiting for startup OMG, the horror; the waste!

The process for disabling/enabling FS is the clumsiest I’ve encountered in Win11.

 

[Robert Zanatta]

I do a shift+shutdown every night before going to bed on both of my Win11 PCs. That does a "complete" shutdown and a "complete" power on boot into windows the next morning. I like having a "fresh complete" booted computer every day.

Actually, I made a script in the "Autohotkey" program to do the shift+shutdown when I press the (alt+s) keys to shutdown.

That turning off fast startup for windows results in a "complete" boot on power on is a myth. It does NOT do a "complete" power on boot. Only holding the shift key while clicking shutdown does a "complete"saves the power on boot on the next boot into windows.

A hybrid shutdown, or or fast boot, saves the system state to a file called hiberfil.sys and that file is used on the next startup. If you disable fast boot the file will no longer be created and a full boot will be performed.

 

[atom14]

I do a shut down for every significant absence from using it, like when going out for an hour+.

atom14.

 

[drj3]

I do a shift+shutdown every night before going to bed on both of my Win11 PCs. That does a "complete" shutdown and a "complete" power on boot into windows the next morning. I like having a "fresh complete" booted computer every day.

Actually, I made a script in the "Autohotkey" program to do the shift+shutdown when I press the (alt+s) keys to shutdown.

That turning off fast startup for windows results in a "complete" boot on power on is a myth. It does NOT do a "complete" power on boot. Only holding the shift key while clicking shutdown does a "complete"saves the power on boot on the next boot into windows.

A hybrid shutdown, or or fast boot, saves the system state to a file called hiberfil.sys and that file is used on the next startup. If you disable fast boot the file will no longer be created and a full boot will be performed.

Fast boot is disabled on my Gigabyte z790 motherboard and there is a difference in shutdown vs Shift+shutdown. Shift+shutdown gives a difference login screen with information about the image location etc vs just the image with no other information with normal shutdown.

 

[skanter]

I usually leave my desktop on without shutting it down. But when I did some extensive video and photoshop sessions, the response time sometimes show a lack. The lacks are all across the board in browsers and other applications like worksheet. When I clicked the command, it took some fraction of a second for the dropdown to show.

I have to reboot to bring back the agility.

Is it normal?

What's causing that?

I used to leave computers on - the fans would eventually fail, a real PIA. PSU also failed.

Now I turn off every night after use is finished.

 

[GodSpeaks]

... EVERY time I am done using it. I never leave any of my computers on constantly, save one. The one is my internet computer (the only computer I allow to access the internet) and I leave it on all the time because I am downloading torrents, otherwise I would turn it off too).

All my other computers, while they are all capable of connecting to the internet, I have intentionally disabled access.

Oh, I never use "fastboot".

--
The greatest of mankind's criminals are those who delude themselves into thinking they have done 'the right thing.'
- Rayna Butler

 

[SC489]

I usually leave my desktop on without shutting it down. But when I did some extensive video and photoshop sessions, the response time sometimes show a lack. The lacks are all across the board in browsers and other applications like worksheet. When I clicked the command, it took some fraction of a second for the dropdown to show.

I have to reboot to bring back the agility.

Is it normal?

What's causing that?

Daily when not in use to save energy and avoid a fire risk!

 

[skyglider]

I do a shift+shutdown every night before going to bed on both of my Win11 PCs. That does a "complete" shutdown and a "complete" power on boot into windows the next morning. I like having a "fresh complete" booted computer every day.

Actually, I made a script in the "Autohotkey" program to do the shift+shutdown when I press the (alt+s) keys to shutdown.

That turning off fast startup for windows results in a "complete" boot on power on is a myth. It does NOT do a "complete" power on boot. Only holding the shift key while clicking shutdown does a "complete"saves the power on boot on the next boot into windows.

A hybrid shutdown, or or fast boot, saves the system state to a file called hiberfil.sys and that file is used on the next startup. If you disable fast boot the file will no longer be created and a full boot will be performed.

Robert,

What you said is the common belief which I believed for years. However, when my Win11 PC developed a problem of a 53 seconds delay for the desktop icons to display after the taskbar displayed, I tried everything that I could find by Googling and nothing fixed it. (I had already disabled Window's fast boot.)

Finally I discovered that by doing a shift+shutdown, the next power on boot, Win11's splash screen would display full screen pictures with 4 thumbnails on the lower portion of the screen. Entering my Win11 password, Windows instantly displays the taskbar and desktop icons. The full screen pictures with thumnails do not display when NOT doing a shift+shutdown. ..... In addition, WITHOUT doing a shift+shutdown, the next power on boot would not reliably load a third party program that I use. Shift+shutdown loads that program perfectly every time on the next power on boot.

The above is what proved to me that disabling fast startup does not result in a full boot on the next power on boot.

 

[Mathew Anderson]

I find I reboot it about once or twice a week. Sometimes this occurs with a forced Windows update...

In general, it's good to reboot it at least once a week to clear cache, memory leaks, etc.