Do you Shutdown, Sleep, or Hibernate your Computer?

[DJ Panda]

Hey guys something new that crossed my mind. Do most of the users shutdown, leave the computer on, hibernate, or sleep their computer. Is there any real advantage to any of them? Does not shutting a computer down leave a security or health risk for it?

 

[Ink]

Windows 10 with Fast Startup disabled - Shutdown.

You may find this an interesting read, What’s the Difference Between Sleep and Hibernate in Windows?

 

[Andytay70]

Shut down. Done this since my first PC. Just easier i guess?

 

[kev216]

Shutdown at the end of the day, otherwise sleep.

 

[Bill7]

shutdown after my job is done

 

[tonibalas]

If i have something else to do for a few minutes i select sleep.
But when i am not using it then shut down.

 

[LASER_oneXM]

i was using "hybernate" and "sleep" frequently on my (old) laptops/PCs (only HDDs no SSDs). Now i have SSDs in
my two laptops and booting from SSD is very fast: so i do't use "hybernate"/"sleep" anymore. Booting
from HDDs takes really very long time: even i you have gaming laptops/PCs. Therefore i've always been using "hybernate"/"sleep"...

 

[K Atari]

I shut down my computer just to save a little bit of energy. Eco-friendly...I guess...

 

[King Alpha]

Shutdown to save energy.

 

[frogboy]

Mostly just sleep for me.

 

[Aleeyen]

Short gap - sleep, long gap - shutdown. Many users don't know that in the past there used to be a manual switch which was required to be pushed to power off the computer.

 

[Logethica]

Sleep 95+% of the time.....and Restart only when absolutely necessary..
I find that on a restart M$ always changes my "Network Sharing" settings from "Do not allow" to "Allow"(Which is annoying)
They used to change my "Remote Access" settings each time too,but I was able to stop this by killing access to ..
"System Remote Settings" and the "Windows Remote Assistance COM Server" Service.

 

[Aura]

Shutdown with Fast Boot disabled as well. Even if I leave the house for 30 minutes, I shut it down (to save electricity mostly). Plus I have a SSD, so the startup time doesn't really bother me.

 

[Daniel Hidalgo]

usually I sleep the computer, or when necessary turn it off

 

[SecretKeeper]

When the day is done, I shut down my PC (w/o fast startup). If I'm leaving for an hour or less, it goes to sleep. Or If I'm leaving for more than an hour, Hibernate.

 

[NullByte]

I voted "Don't turn off compute ", I only reboot from time to time or when my Ubuntu asks (if it did some type of update).

 

[Omnipotent]

I leave my PC running 24/7. I restart my PC when i install new programs that require it and occasionally restart manually so my PC runs more efficiently.

 

[LabZero]

My war machine laptop is always on, until night ..and then I shutdown.

I had a problem on the other productivity HP computer: after sleep mode, awakening it gave no sign of life.
I think it is a Win 10 compatibility problem, however, when I have to leave the PC for some time, I use the hibernation mode.

 

[JM Safe]

Shutdown with fastboot.

 

[Andytay70]

The only issue i have with windows 10 is that you have to reboot every so often as rainmeter is showing my pc has been running for 36 hours? even from startup because windows doesnt actually shut down.