I leave my 5 year old desktop on 24\7 as I believe the expansion and contraction of the hardware due to the operating temperatures can be damaging and\or life shortening to componments. In the 5 years I have only had one hardware failure, the PCI video card gave up.
I have a USB ADSL which requires a dialup network connection to operate. The connection can be terminated when not required and is not on all the time. This is probably just as well, as my security is provided by Zone Alarm free edition. On a few rare occasions this program has crashed, which would leave the computer unprotected against intrusion.
(I think?)
Two Dogs
Last edited by Two_dogs; 16th February 2006 at 04:36.