leave the computer on or off
If computers were 2000 years old that'd be a 2000 year question! Seriously, it all depends on how you use your system. If you jump on it every several hours I'd probably leave it on. If you get in front of it every other day then I'd probably turn it off between uses.
I leave the one's I have here at home on at all times. 'Bout the only time I turn them off is when there is an infrequent storm where the power may flucutate. Then I not only turn them off but also unplug them from the wall. Just insurance incase the surge protectors don't do their jobs.
I 've been heavily involved with pc's since the mid 80's and started up my own support business 10 years ago. I support a considerable number of seniors at a retirement community. Many of these people are on fixed incomes, use dial-up and have a single phoneline. One of the nice things about turning off a pc (in their case) is that by some odd chance their modem cannont pick up the phone line disabling the phones in the home. Be pretty sad if they could not dial an emergency number.
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Turning off monitors my personal choice is that if you turn off the system you turn off the monitor. If the system is left on you can go into your power settings from control panel and adjust the way you like.
just my 02 worth dennis
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