Re: Is this an easy fix or complicated one?

You're welcome, glad it worked for you.

In terms of the computer itself and no outside factors, it generally makes
no difference. You'll find people pretty evenly split about the shutdown
issue. Personally, I feel heat is the enemy of all electronics and shutting
down at night gives components a chance to cool.

However, there are outside factors that, I think, are good reasons to
shutdown the system when unattended. First, if there is a power outage,
even if you have a UPS, uninterruptible power supply, it can still damage
the system. Most UPSs are designed to take over and give you enough time to
properly shut everything down before a loss of power to the system. If you
are asleep or away on vacation or just out running errands, if there's a
power outage, it might damage your system beyond repair.

There's also a security issue. Even if you have a good firewall, antivirus
and connect through a router, if the system is booted someone else can
access it. If you have an always on connection as is the case with
broadband, most activity will be apparent to you. If you see your
connection active, perhaps sending out information beyond what is normal,
perhaps you see the connection activity lights in the notification area by
the clock constantly lit, if you are there, you can take action, disconnect
the modem or shut the system down. If you are away, you can take no action.

Then, there's the issue of your children or any family members perhaps doing
things or going into things you don't wish them to see.

Third, a burglary. Someone gets in your house, see the computer booted and
has enough computer savvy to begin accessing things. If the computer isn't
booted, such an outsider isn't likely to take the time to boot the system
and with XP, try to bypass the welcome screen. He might steal the computer
but having it shutdown is a bit of added protection against unauthorized
access and an additional layer of security for your personal information.

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In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol.

Michael Solomon MS-MVP
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"Lady In Need" <LadyInNeed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0353314E-7AE7-47F5-82E9-B33AFC676254@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Woo hoo! No more shut downs and restarts. That one night before last
> must
> have been the electric and not the trouble I'd been having. There's not
> been
> a single one since then. Yes!!!! *doing the happy dance* ;)
> Michael I read your post about the mouse thing... I don't have any special
> mouse or software for it. Just a plain ol' mouse. But you were obviously
> right on the money with the mouse being the cause. I can't thank you
> enough!! Now... I know you'll think it's a stupid question. I've never
> really gotten a straight answer about it. Is it better to leave the comp
> on
> or should I be shutting it off at night? I'm on cable and for the past
> couple years have just left it on. Which is best to do? TIA! And have a
> great day!!
>
> "Lady In Need" wrote:
>
>> Well... I'm stumped. LOL It hasn't done it once today. (prior to
>> changing
>> the mouse it was every hour or so) I'm guessing it's possible the
>> electric
>> kicked off for a second during the nite which would have made the comp
>> restart. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that changing the mouse fixed
>> the
>> problem.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Lady In Need" <LadyInNeed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:4E2EFB80-9810-4E6E-962F-FD1BACDBE60C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue
>> > > screen
>> > and
>> > > shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
>> > > Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
>> > >
>> > > Stop 0C0000000A
>> > > 0X00000004
>> > > 0X00000002
>> > > 0X0000001
>> > > 0X804DFEB9
>> > >
>> > > Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take
>> > > it in
>> > > for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help. :(
>> > > Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> >


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