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Gotta love computer illiterate parents

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Sukhoi

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Well when I left for school in August I reminded my mom to restart the computer sometimes because programs will leave stuff in memory sometimes, etc. So today I decide to login on VNC and check the uptime. 81 days and 20 hours. :Q Which corresponds to the day before I left for school, which is when I restarted the computer last. Atleast Win2KPro has the ability to actually run that long and still function.
 
Well I did have SETI running. However when I just connected on VNC the process was there but not doing anything. So, hopefully it's up and going again after a restart.
 
Originally posted by: Rallispec
i turn off my computer every night... dunno why, i just hate leaving it on.
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Me too. I shut the laptop down just because I don't want to leave it running all the time...it's already old. I turn off my desktop because if I leave it on it heats up the room and the thermostat for the rest of the house doesn't kick on as often during the night and it gets too cold in the master bedroom and my son's room.

I leave my work computer on almost all the time. I just log off when I leave for the day.
 
My computer I have here at school I have to keep running 24/7 or it won't work right. For some reason it has major problems starting up. Resets generally work ok, but sometimes I'll get BSODs. If I do cold boots I usually have to restart it several times to get it to load up Windows all the way. But it'll run full load 24/7 for weeks with no problems. 😕
 
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
My computer I have here at school I have to keep running 24/7 or it won't work right. For some reason it has major problems starting up. Resets generally work ok, but sometimes I'll get BSODs. If I do cold boots I usually have to restart it several times to get it to load up Windows all the way. But it'll run full load 24/7 for weeks with no problems. 😕
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BSOD = Hardware or driver problem.
 
Originally posted by: MrChad
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
My computer I have here at school I have to keep running 24/7 or it won't work right. For some reason it has major problems starting up. Resets generally work ok, but sometimes I'll get BSODs. If I do cold boots I usually have to restart it several times to get it to load up Windows all the way. But it'll run full load 24/7 for weeks with no problems. 😕
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BSOD = Hardware or driver problem.
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Yeah it's some sort of IDE.sys file that gives the BSOD. I upgraded my IAA (Intel Application Accelerator) version and upgraded to Win2K SP4, but it still didn't fix it. Oh well.
 
Oh I found it. The Win98SE computer in my basement has an uptime of 28 days and 6 hours. Not bad for Win98SE.
 
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Originally posted by: MrChad
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
My computer I have here at school I have to keep running 24/7 or it won't work right. For some reason it has major problems starting up. Resets generally work ok, but sometimes I'll get BSODs. If I do cold boots I usually have to restart it several times to get it to load up Windows all the way. But it'll run full load 24/7 for weeks with no problems. 😕
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BSOD = Hardware or driver problem.
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Yeah it's some sort of IDE.sys file that gives the BSOD. I upgraded my IAA (Intel Application Accelerator) version and upgraded to Win2K SP4, but it still didn't fix it. Oh well.
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dclive can analyze the memory dump file to determine the exact cause.
 
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Well when I left for school in August I reminded my mom to restart the computer sometimes because programs will leave stuff in memory sometimes, etc. So today I decide to login on VNC and check the uptime. 81 days and 20 hours. :Q Which corresponds to the day before I left for school, which is when I restarted the computer last. Atleast Win2KPro has the ability to actually run that long and still function.
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Your parents are using Linux?
 
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Well when I left for school in August I reminded my mom to restart the computer sometimes because programs will leave stuff in memory sometimes, etc. So today I decide to login on VNC and check the uptime. 81 days and 20 hours. :Q Which corresponds to the day before I left for school, which is when I restarted the computer last. Atleast Win2KPro has the ability to actually run that long and still function.
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Your parents are using Linux?
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what part of Win2KPro don't you understand?
 
Is it me or is giving your Parents tech support the hardest thing to do. My Dad drives me nuts with these questions, and has a hard time taking "I don;t know" for an answer. Maybe I am somewhat lucky b/c he is pretty tech savvy and used to be a programmer. He worked on mainframes and minis and always compares the PC to the machines he used to code for.
 
Not bad 🙂

Just checked, my PC has been on for 7 days, the parent's PC has been on for 14 days and the server has been on for 21 days...

Seems like I always do something to the PCs on a Wednesday! 😉
 
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