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Restarting windows every day?

Do you restart your work windows machine every day

  • Yes

    Votes: 17 39.5%

  • No

    Votes: 26 60.5%
  • Total voters
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maflynn said:
I think that's a dell thing, I've owned a number of Dells in my life, and like clock work, if I put it to sleep, put in my bag. It will be scorching hot when I finally pull it out. I've had numerous models, I now just completely shut it down before I get ready to travel, even if its a short trip
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Quite possible- I don't use Windows systems other than what work provides.

Many past employers were all Dell laptop and workstation shops. I never have liked the keyboards, trackpad or pseudo "power management". Thankfully my current gig dealt me an M3 Air last year so I rarely have to even power up the Dell anymore.
 
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maflynn said:
I think that's a dell thing, I've owned a number of Dells in my life, and like clock work, if I put it to sleep, put in my bag. It will be scorching hot when I finally pull it out. I've had numerous models, I now just completely shut it down before I get ready to travel, even if its a short trip
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Seems that way with a lot of Windows-based laptops in my past. Of course the one that did it the most was a Dell (how are they still on the market?). My mom's Chromebook ran cooler than that piece of junk, and that was just watching YouTube and listening to music!
 
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Because of the nature of my job, I can’t shut it down since Windows takes an eternity to come back from the dead, even on new hardware (32GB Lenovo Core Ultra 7). I basically need quick access for customers. I typically have to restart every few weeks because of typical Windows jank that happens over time. But that’s not the half of it; I have daily backend updates that occur, Chrome updates, and Office updates. It’s update hell 🤣

With the Neo out, I’ve legit thought of buying one on my own just to use for work. I loathe Windows the more I’m forced to deal with it. It’s 2026! Sleep shouldn’t destroy a computer when the one in my hand has zero issues with it.
 
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Case-by-case.

Some Windows Apps do have the bad habit of corruption as time passes, so a regular boot clean the gunk up.

I do reboot mine regularly maybe a few times a week when I notice my box is not going to sleep by itself, it's configured to do so.
 
QuarterSwede said:
Because of the nature of my job, I can’t shut it down since Windows takes an eternity to come back from the dead, even on new hardware (32GB Lenovo Core Ultra 7). I basically need quick access for customers. I typically have to restart every few weeks because of typical Windows jank that happens over time. But that’s not the half of it; I have daily backend updates that occur, Chrome updates, and Office updates. It’s update hell 🤣

With the Neo out, I’ve legit thought of buying one on my own just to use for work. I loathe Windows the more I’m forced to deal with it. It’s 2026! Sleep shouldn’t destroy a computer when the one in my hand has zero issues with it.
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Yes - Windows continued use of spaghetti registry entries and IE still lurking under the "Edge" hood (most notably when the new & improved browser crashes) are clear indications to stay away, if feasible of course 😀
 
macguy167 said:
Well, as an engineer, my advice is to always start your electronics in a KNOWN STATE! By rebooting (or starting up after shutdown), your device, OS, et cetera is in a know state. This works for computers, phones, laptops, TV, printer, or even a toaster!
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I always start my devices in a known state.
That is, the state I left it when I finished using it the day before.

By your logic, one should shut down every time they go for a coffee, or when they need a toilet break.
If you don’t do it in those situations, why would you do it overnight? What’s different?

We are not in the 1990s anymore.
 
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someoldguy said:
If I'm not using it , my computer's are shut down . The couple of seconds it takes to turn them on isn't going to make any difference to me one way or the other . They're no different than any other power tool , if you're not using it , you turn it off.
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Do you unplug your microwave oven when you're not using it? Your television?
 
When I was in IT, at some point our Midrange mainframe would slow down to a crawl because we were throwing too much tasks to it. No looking a manager came in and thrown the off switch in the attempt to reset it, we saw but it was too late. The dang mainframe took a whole day to reboot and longer to rebuild the database. It was fun times.
 
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edubfromktown said:
Yes - Windows continued use of spaghetti registry entries and IE still lurking under the "Edge" hood (most notably when the new & improved browser crashes) are clear indications to stay away, if feasible of course 😀
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One of the apps I never have an issue with is edge. Early on I had to use chrome when things would not work in edge. Now it's edge for 99 percent of things I do. I have brave installed when I want a real ad blocker available to me.
 
Steve Adams said:
One of the apps I never have an issue with is edge. Early on I had to use chrome when things would not work in edge. Now it's edge for 99 percent of things I do. I have brave installed when I want a real ad blocker available to me.
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This is the error the belches from my (ManageEngine maintained and meticulously kept up-to-date) Dell laptop occasionally. The old IE junk still lurks under the hood.

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yes, not sure of the reason, it might be to irritate the IT mafia - if that is the case it works
 
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Yeah I don't even really use sleep mode. I have the screen turn off, and then straight to hibernate (after a couple of hours)...
 
maflynn said:
I think that's a dell thing, I've owned a number of Dells in my life, and like clock work, if I put it to sleep, put in my bag. It will be scorching hot when I finally pull it out. I've had numerous models, I now just completely shut it down before I get ready to travel, even if its a short trip
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I have a work-issued Dell laptop and it sleeps just fine. It hasn't been rebooted in a couple weeks, and it's always quiet and cool when pulling it from my bag. Latitude 5430.

Had it for three years.
 
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