Don't turn off your XP, HIBERNATE it

Surely most of you know this little secret to speed up your start-up and closing Windows XP sessions. Also when your switch on your PC again, you'll return to your previous working state (Browser's windows, opened files, etc.).

Instructions:
Go to "Start", "Turn Off Computer..." and press Shift key to change the "Stand By" button to "Hibernate" on the Shut Down dialog
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the only problem with that is that it doesn't clear the memory cache, which is done by turning off the system...if you have a low amount of memory, you will be better off turning the computer completely off rather than just going into standby.

 

I do both depending on the situation

 

Hibernation is good.. but it's not as good as shutdown or restart.

 

I normally hibernate every day except on saturdays/sundays when i shut down to give my laptop a "fresh start"

 

Same here. I find that XP gets 'clunky' after too many hibernations and standbys

 

Hibernations and stand bys are only good if your in a hurry or too lazy to close all your programs when you want to shutdown your PC.

 

yeah!!.. this applies to mee too

 

I use that all the time when I'm on my laptop but.. when I log back on I get all of these virus scan popups from my program.. other than that it's pretty good.

 

well its a very good idea only if you are leaving for a couple of hours, like when i go outside i hibernate my computer, but every night i turn it off, and give it a fresh start

 

What do you mean by a fresh start (I'm not computer saavy out of the internet and photoshop lol). Is there something your computer does (that benefits it) when you turn it off, then on? I heard turning it off and on a lot is bad for it..

 

what d16man said.it clears your memory.it can make your computer faster.
me,i've gone months without even a restart.
if you only go away for a couple hours it is better to just leave it on.you should turn off your monitor though.

 

I have my laptop set to stay on 24/7... it hasnt been shut off in 3 weeks because it refuses to shutdown.

 

You always can remove your batteries (after saving all your work, of course). That way you'll increase your batteries life, too.

 

Ya just cut the power the computer will shutdown....

 

I took the plug off my laptop while it was hibernating (because I was afraid it was still "on" and taking up energy) but it lasted a while! (I left it like that all day). When I came back some of the battery was used up, but not a lot

Best to just shut it off manually

 

i always just shut it down,but thats after its been on for about a week or so

 

The guy (immortally) is saying in his post that he cannot shut down his machine.. it won't respond...

 

Yeah when I press the shutdown button after the box with stand by hibernate and all those it just closes the box and does nothing. As for pulling the battery out thats too much work, I dont really care that its been on too long, although it is lagging when I open and close apps like photoshop but I wont try to shutdown until it takes 30 mins to open.

 

Hibernation..........I love using that (ever since 2003)

sooooo easy to shut down(especially with a ~decent 1GB of ram)