Windows xp system uptime

My sysadmin does all the updates....not my problem.

your system admin does all the updates on your personal computer....

and that is not your problem.........

ummmm...interesting

MLF

It is the schools computer but i am the only one who useses it. At my college everyone in the compsci building gets there own computer that no one else touches. When the systems need patching or updateing the sysadmin does it.

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Can anyone explain why you would want your machine "up" for that length of time?

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I do for one box because that is my file/print server and remote access machine. I also seed torrents from that box.

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Do you pay the electricity bills?

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Yes, unfortunately.

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Do you have the faintest idea of health and safety?

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It's no longer safe to keep you're PC on? News to me...

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Do you care about your environment and the legacy you are creating?

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Don't understand how much damage you can do...

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Or is it just the usual pathetic grade school "bragging rights"?

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I wasn't bragging... but I do have a want (not need) for as much uptime as possible. The only time I'll turn that box off is if I'm going camping or going to be away in an area where I know I won't need remote access. That only happens maybe half a dozen times a year. I have to be away for at least a weekend. If I'm only gone one day... I'll leave it on.

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I await intelligent responses with interest:D

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Never said they were intelligent. But they ARE responses. :)

Systeminfo | Find "Up Time" from the command prompt shows a whopping 1days, 3 hours, 7 minutes, 39 seconds for my XP box.

Yay!
--TH13

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Originally Posted by kryptonic

My system has been up this long because i dont pay electricity bills :) my school does. It is my personal computer in my compsci class.

Not sure why this would affect health though (Can you please give me some insight Nihil)

And honestly no I don't care abouth the environment. Also I doubt me turning my computer off is gonna save the invironment anyways.

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Turning your computer off might just be the difference that allows one carbon producing power station to be removed from supplying power to your area of the country at that time.

So yes, you could make a difference by switching it off.

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Originally Posted by Simple Simon

Turning your computer off might just be the difference that allows one carbon producing power station to be removed from supplying power to your area of the country at that time.

So yes, you could make a difference by switching it off.

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I still don't understand how if i turn my computer off it will stop carbon producing power stations or whatever. but ohh well its still on and the uptime is still growing.

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I still don't understand how if i turn my computer off it will stop carbon producing power stations or whatever.

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I'm not actually saying that it would, more that it's not beyond the realms of possibility that it could. As a simplified example, I am Simple Simon after all, lol ...

Let's say before you powered up your PC your areas electricty supply was delivered by exactly 3 carbon producing power stations. When you power on your PC there is more demand for electricity than can be produced by the 3 current power stations. So, to supply enough electricity a fourth power station needs to be utilised. Now then, if you switched off your PC, now that it's on, that fourth power station wouldn't be needed.

Does that make sense?

Ahhh ok i got you now....yes it makes since but i still don't care about the environment lol

so leaving em on creates health issues?

i leave my linux server on all the time unless im rebooting for updates/checking for boot errors or that kind of thing. other than warm my room up a lot, i havent noticed any issues. can anyone expand here? ive heard of microwaves possibly causing cancer, but not powered on computers....hmmmm