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It depends on the computer. A Windows computer should be shut down, or even better, restarted, once a week or so with \u2018fast startup\u2019 turned off to ensure it properly shuts down all processes and cleans up. Mac computers tend to be a little more stable and may only need to be restarted with system installs or upgrades.<\/p>\n
A Linux machine usually needs few restarts.<\/p>\n
One advantage of a restart is that it clears everything from memory, which might resolve misbehaving applications \u2013 a slow computer running hot for no obvious reason may need this remedy as a last resort.<\/p>\n
However, multiple power-downs per day may stress the machine and reduce its lifespan.<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: James Moore, via email<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Dr Peter Bentley Published: Wednesday, 22 June 2022 at 12:00 am It depends on the computer. A Windows computer should be shut down, or even better, restarted, once a week or so with \u2018fast startup\u2019 turned off to ensure it properly shuts down all processes and cleans up. Mac computers tend to be a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14191,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/06\/how-often-should-i-reboot-my-computer.jpg",1200,511,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/06\/how-often-should-i-reboot-my-computer-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/06\/how-often-should-i-reboot-my-computer-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/06\/how-often-should-i-reboot-my-computer-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/06\/how-often-should-i-reboot-my-computer-1024x436.jpg",800,341,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/06\/how-often-should-i-reboot-my-computer.jpg",1200,511,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/06\/how-often-should-i-reboot-my-computer.jpg",1200,511,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Dr Peter Bentley Published: Wednesday, 22 June 2022 at 12:00 am It depends on the computer. A Windows computer should be shut down, or even better, restarted, once a week or so with \u2018fast startup\u2019 turned off to ensure it properly shuts down all processes and cleans up. Mac computers tend to be a…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/14190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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