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John P. Phillips
From:
Folkston, Ga. U.S.A., R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Aug 2009 11:07 am |
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I leave my computer on 24/7 due to using Magicjack for a telephone. I was wondering if it would help my memory if I re-booted or restarted my computer every other day or so ?
Comments appreciated.
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 20 Aug 2009 12:53 pm
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John:
I have heard of PCs and servers operating for months at time without a reboot.
But sooner or later, they all fail or are forced to reboot.
It's like chicken soup--it can't hurt. So, yeah, I would reboot periodically.
Worst case scenario--someone is trying to call you when you reboot. So what? It's like getting a busy signal and they try again.
But I do wonder how many people are using Magic Jack as there one and only telephone. You could have a power outage and then what? |
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John P. Phillips
From:
Folkston, Ga. U.S.A., R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Aug 2009 3:00 pm
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No Mitch,
Magicjack is not my primary phone. I bought it to give it a try and paid for a year in advance when I bought the unit. Rather than lose the year of use, I decided to use it strictly as a computer phone for my private (not family) use to communicate with my internet contacts. I was just wondering if it would be advantageous to reboot occasionally.
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 20 Aug 2009 3:17 pm
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John,
I find that working with graphics i have to reboot occasionally to keep the speed up to par, probably wouldn't hurt.
Bill
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Wiz Feinberg
From:
Mid-Michigan, USA
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John Cipriano
From:
San Francisco
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Posted 20 Aug 2009 11:35 pm
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| Also programs can have what are called memory leaks where the programmer allocates memory and then later forgets to free it. So when you reboot you might get some RAM back. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 21 Aug 2009 3:39 am
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I know a lot of people with home PC's that run them 24/7 and no problems. As long as it's in a location that gets "adequate" air flow.
There are the memory leaks, etc, but they are not as many as it used to be. XP and Vista manage memory much better than the older operating systems. |
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Gary Richardi
From:
SoCal, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2009 4:48 pm
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Many shops I've worked in over the years have enforced scheduled reooots for workstations and servers. Many more didn't. Some places ran equipment so old we'd cringe if a reboot was needed because we knew there was a good chance of the h/w failing on the way back up.
I used to leave my machines on all the time and only rebooted when I needed to. Lately though, I shut down everything at night to save power. I use either "sleep" or "hibernation" mode for my laptop and still only reboot when I have a reason (Windows takes fo long to load).
re. IP phone service, I recently chose Skype over MagicJack even though it may be a bit more expensive. Skype-in calls and be forwarded to any other phone number if I'm not online or if I don't answer. |
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