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Originally Posted by netjunkie
I ran MEPIS Linux on an IBM desktop for over a year with two shut downs when I left for vacation otherwise it ran non stop 24/7 without problems.
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Just to be clear and lend an opinion...I have been running XP on numerous personal desktops since it came out in 2001-ish. My machines, regardless of operating system, are on 24x7 because I just don't see the purpose in shutting it down and starting it back up all the time. That's me.
Back to my point...as far back as I can remember, my XP boxes have been on 24x7 (except for a vacation or power outtage)...and literally, I have rebooted each unit 2-10 times A YEAR (much less than once a month)...1-2 times a program may have crashed and the only way to FIX THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM is to reboot...the other 2-3 times that I rebooted was for testing purposes such as to see if a reboot would clear up a network problem...and if it did help in deducing the problem I knew what path to take.
I just wanted to throw this point out there because there are enough people out there that claim Windows XP needs to be rebooted every 72 hours for <insert 1 of 10,000 reasons here>...and it kills me that they spread such nonsense. Sure, there are certainly cases where people's Windows machine is a piece of junk or corrupted...the same can be said for Mac or Linux or OS/2. All my friends/peers that I have helped setup their XP box I have told them "just leave the thing on 24x7 and shut off your monitor" have had the same experience: XP runs for weeks/months at a time without issue. I've even set up XP boxes at my office acting as File and Print servers and they've been online for years with only a handful of reboots (mainly mandatory security patches required by our IT dept).
My overall recommendation to desktop owners it to keep them on 24/7...and not to use power saving features like Standby or Hibernate...you'll only save $4 a month with these features unless you have some monster with 4 hard drives spinning all night long doing load testing...might as well leave your computer on to save you time booting and rebooting...and while it's on, you might as well put the CPU to good use such as searching for a cure for cancer by connecting to a distributed computing project.
I'm beginning to ramble but hopefully folks don't believe XP needs to be rebooted every few days...even in a "work" atmosphere.
-Eric