Well, first you have to understand why it's recommended. Just blindly doing ANYTHING on your PC because someone said it was a good idea is NEVER a good idea. Even from this video. Do your own research and discover if the advice is right for your particular scenario.
I shut down my computer, and when I start it up, the Uptime from the CPU is 0:00. I change it from the settings, and I believe shutting down is good for saving electricity and is secure from hacking.
I think it makes sense now why we have the sleep, restart, and shutdown menu buttons. Thank you, Kevin, for opening this up; I didn't know this before. Recently, I've been just closing my laptop, and then it sleeps and wakes up. I think I understand it now: 1. Sleep: Our computer needs to be on all the time, so when we are away from it, we should just put it to sleep. 2. Shutdown: When going on a long break or when we will not be needing the computer for a very long time, it makes sense to do a complete shutdown. 3. Restart: This is just to fix glitches experienced on the computer. It's just like our phones-we do not power off our phones unless we experience some kind of glitch and need to restart the device to get it running normally again. I guess our PCs and our phones are just like that. Again, good review. Thank you for sharing.
There is one huge difference between Windows, on the hand, and Android, Macintosh, iOS and Linux on the other. Windows clogs the RAM and the only way to clean it up is to restart.
This is so true. I've always been experiencing a new issue every time I shut down my PC and booted it up the next day. Restarting fixes these certain issues.
I used to shut down my computer at all times for every single time... until just a couple of years ago, when I put it to sleep when I'm done with it for the day, restart once every couple of days or every week to clear its cache, shut down whenever I'm traveling and not using the computer for a while.
@LivingTheDream484 Yeah, most legacy cmd command prompts also work with powershell, it's backwards compatible like that. You can even launch cmd from powershell, if you're feeling nostalgic 😉
Thank you. I thought I was shutting down every night, but when I checked, surprise surprise, it hadn't shut down for 3 days! The problem has now been rectified.
Thanks, Kevin! I think I knew this a LONG time ago but definitely forgot it. I need to disable fast restart on my laptop, so Shut Down behaves the way I imagine.
As an IT professional, the restart process is constantly the brunt of jokes by clients. When there are site issues you can almost always count on hearing someone yell out “Did you restart it yet? Haha”. I consider this a good portion of my job security as even though it’s clearly ingrained in their memory, they rarely ever try it themselves.
Wow! That one trick gave me back my ION speaker! I tried everything to get my external speaker to work with me laptop. Nothing. Looked at this video, restarted my computer, went to control panel to re-sync speaker. Too easy! Thank you!!! Now, thumbs up and subscribe...
Well presented as always, Kevin! I'd point out there might be a case of "daily" use of Shutdown (with fast startup) rather than Sleep: if you have a workstation-style PC (i.e., not a laptop) that doesn't have battery backup and your home is prone to power outages at night, then a computer at sleep may lose data when the power abruptly cuts out. Shutdown, on the other hand, has already closed all apps and powers down the system completely, so there is no data loss when the power goes out.
It would be worth noticing that it is better to fully shut down your laptop (with Shift) when you're travelling/for long-term storage, because regular shut down drains the battery pretty fast when the laptop is not in use
I've been using Windows since version 3.1, however I finally made the switch to an Apple Mac Mini M4 when Microsoft stopped support Windows 10. I refused to move to Windows 11 for many reasons, but suffice it to say, it was the best decision I ever made. On Mac OS shutdown gives you a clean OS reload that clears RAM, kills stuck processes, flushes many temporary caches, and resets most software state. So there is rarely a need to do a restart. I've never encountered the same kinds of issues I did with Windows such as slow performance, weird app behavior, memory leaks, graphics glitches, etc.
I still have my Windows 10 PC but rarely use it anymore and I don't miss it.
I refuse to use hugely overpriced hardware! I build my own computers and my last PC which cost me about 2500 to build two years ago would have cost me aroundx $10K for Apple. My daughter really wanted a MacBook, but what she was looking at was over $3K. She found a windows laptop that was close to 4 times as powerful for $1400 back in 23 and has worked great for her. I run 3 computers on Win11 and several VMs (about 8 i think) and I prefer Win11 over 10.
And just wait for the day Apple says your Mac Mini is no longer supported by Mac OS and you find yourself having to buy yet another computer. That was what pushed me into Linux.
Good stuff, Kevin. You should probably also mention doing a hard restart of the laptop. Holding down the physical power button for 30+ seconds will force the laptop to restart if nothing is responding or if it won’t even power back on after sleep mode.
You can also make a restart shortcut button on your desktop that, when clicked, will restart your laptop or PC. Shortcuts for Shutdown and Sleep can be made too.
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Please Kevin I converted an image to word the first time but the second time it didn't work. Why please?
So orange is the new black.
Shutdown is the new hibernation mode.
Restart is the new shutdown.
Got it.
ctrl shift esc didnt work for me.
i have an acer laptop
opened manually, and didnt see performance ot cpu anywhere...
Sometimes the SAME error occors again and again if you restart, only by shutting down for the power can correct those errors !!! noob
Turning off "Fast Startup" and enabling "Show File extension" are my first settings after installing new Windows
And I will never, never understand what the point of hiding extensions is.
@ilsavv less characters cleaner names, 1 drawback of showing extension is when renaming we may mistakenly end up changing that also
I turned it off to dual boot Linux Mint from another drive.
@SilentJP.87-o3v What's your monitor display size and resolution, is fractional scaling stable on Linux Mint?
My first steps are disabling Fast Start Up, disabling BitLocker, disabling Secure Boot in the bios, and then installing Linux.
Microsoft says in that menu: "Turn on fast startup (recommended)". It means, that whenever Microsoft recommends something, we should do otherwise.
Ha ha.
😂 That's why people despise MS.
Yes use it to save your time, not computer
Well, first you have to understand why it's recommended. Just blindly doing ANYTHING on your PC because someone said it was a good idea is NEVER a good idea. Even from this video. Do your own research and discover if the advice is right for your particular scenario.
I shut down my computer, and when I start it up, the Uptime from the CPU is 0:00. I change it from the settings, and I believe shutting down is good for saving electricity and is secure from hacking.
I think it makes sense now why we have the sleep, restart, and shutdown menu buttons. Thank you, Kevin, for opening this up; I didn't know this before. Recently, I've been just closing my laptop, and then it sleeps and wakes up.
I think I understand it now:
1. Sleep: Our computer needs to be on all the time, so when we are away from it, we should just put it to sleep.
2. Shutdown: When going on a long break or when we will not be needing the computer for a very long time, it makes sense to do a complete shutdown.
3. Restart: This is just to fix glitches experienced on the computer.
It's just like our phones-we do not power off our phones unless we experience some kind of glitch and need to restart the device to get it running normally again. I guess our PCs and our phones are just like that.
Again, good review. Thank you for sharing.
There is one huge difference between Windows, on the hand, and Android, Macintosh, iOS and Linux on the other. Windows clogs the RAM and the only way to clean it up is to restart.
Good thing I saw this, especially that my parents bought me a brand-new ThinkPad last week and I wanna prolong its life...
So do you recommend disabling fast start up when shutting down for vacation reasons?
This is so true. I've always been experiencing a new issue every time I shut down my PC and booted it up the next day. Restarting fixes these certain issues.
just checked the uptime on my desktop PC.. 26 days lol
Very nice video Kevin. These days start ups are pretty fast so disabling fast start up will not be all that much slower. Makes sense to do it.
First computer rule: If there is a problem, restart first.
Very helpful information. Thank you.
Hey Kevin, thanks for the well needed refresher 😊
Thanks, Kevin, really nice of you! 🙏👍
I used to shut down my computer at all times for every single time...
until just a couple of years ago, when I put it to sleep when I'm done with it for the day, restart once every couple of days or every week to clear its cache, shut down whenever I'm traveling and not using the computer for a while.
You sound amazing
So glad to see your new updates, Kevin. (A fan from Taiwan)
Your Advice Means a Lot
Thank you for sharing Kevin, this is very interesting and valuable!
Love your videos! So clean, clear, potent, and helpful. Thanks!!
Very helpful Kevin! Thank you!
Very helpful information. Thank you.
this is the first time i heard about this concept and it was really help ful thank you for this
Thanks for the informative video.
Brilliant! I never knew this; thanks for the info!
Good to know! Thank you.
Thank you Kevin! ❤
Very useful. Thank you.
Great info. Thanks.
Thanks for your sharing.
Danke!
Great Stuff! Thank you
THANK YOU KEVIN!!!!
Fixed by at a cmd prompt - 'powercfg /h off'
"write that down, write that down!"
Out of curiosity, is it the same code for powershell or just cmd??
@LivingTheDream484 Yeah, most legacy cmd command prompts also work with powershell, it's backwards compatible like that. You can even launch cmd from powershell, if you're feeling nostalgic 😉
@LivingTheDream484 cmd
❤❤❤ Thank you Kevin
thanks for sharing..ill do this all the time
Million times thank you so much for your help. I love your videos soooooooo much
Thanks Kevin.
thanks for the tips...
Thank you. I thought I was shutting down every night, but when I checked, surprise surprise, it hadn't shut down for 3 days! The problem has now been rectified.
Thanks, those are some helpful tips. I restart my laptop often these tips will speed things up for me.
Thank you for this GREAT, PRACTICAL ADVICE!! I appreciate you -- !
Good to know, tnx
When the PC is sleeping you memory is still alive. Shutting it down makes it last longer
Thanks it help me to save power when PC is shutting down
HI Kevin.
I disabled "Fast Startup" a lot more easily.
As always, a true gem of a video. What about sleep/shutdown on stationary PC's?
Thank you
how did I not know this?
Good info boyo
That’s great to know-I had no idea. Looks like it’s time for a restart!
😢who noticed how powerful this guy's laptop is🙌🙌
Saved to my "Life hacks in so many ways" list. Thanks Kevin.
I seemed to have MORE problems when I would put my laptop to sleep at night instead of shutting it down.
First time I ever heard this about shutdown........
This is very useful tip
Shift+ Shut Down
Thank you very much for this video, it all makes sense now :D Subscribed!
I went back to the old faithful Windows 7...
Fast startup was first introduced in Windows 8 and thereby made it to their successors
The Penguin says, "What's Windows?"
Long ago, I turned off fast start up. I also removed the sleep option. My power options for a while now have been Lock, Shut Down and Restart.
Thanks, Kevin! I think I knew this a LONG time ago but definitely forgot it. I need to disable fast restart on my laptop, so Shut Down behaves the way I imagine.
I use hibernate option more than any other option
We can disable fast startup so shutdown & boot is equivalent to restart
As an IT professional, the restart process is constantly the brunt of jokes by clients. When there are site issues you can almost always count on hearing someone yell out “Did you restart it yet? Haha”. I consider this a good portion of my job security as even though it’s clearly ingrained in their memory, they rarely ever try it themselves.
Wish i have that laptop you use😊
I disabled fast startup years ago.
usually my pc is shutdown when i press the button but now when i see task manager its been up to 3days lol
0:38 24 cores/ 32 threads, WOW!
Wow! That one trick gave me back my ION speaker! I tried everything to get my external speaker to work with me laptop. Nothing. Looked at this video, restarted my computer, went to control panel to re-sync speaker. Too easy! Thank you!!! Now, thumbs up and subscribe...
I just ended up going into control panel and turning fast start up off
If you have auto updates on and notifications on, you will know when there is an update and time to restart.
Kool Kevvy!
This apply to xbox series X too, I often need to reboot to fix the glitch.
What about "Hibernate"?
To avoid high electricity bill, To prolong life of pc, I shut down at end of day. Like humans, PC needs a rest.
The laptop I have connected to my living room tv has been on for 5 years straight (outside of restarts or updates)
pl explain the difference between sleep and hibernate
tnx
What about Hibernate for Short Periods instead of sleep
New information Kevin
You can right click on the windows logo ?? good to know
Where does hibernate sits 🤔
Well presented as always, Kevin! I'd point out there might be a case of "daily" use of Shutdown (with fast startup) rather than Sleep: if you have a workstation-style PC (i.e., not a laptop) that doesn't have battery backup and your home is prone to power outages at night, then a computer at sleep may lose data when the power abruptly cuts out. Shutdown, on the other hand, has already closed all apps and powers down the system completely, so there is no data loss when the power goes out.
Just when you think MSFT couldn't fudge you anymore...
I wonder if this would apply to a Mac.
Hey Kevin, did you forget to discuss about 'Hibernate' option ?
made sense even to a 70-year-old, thanks
What about the hibernation option? Should we use it?
I came ask this too!
It would be worth noticing that it is better to fully shut down your laptop (with Shift) when you're travelling/for long-term storage, because regular shut down drains the battery pretty fast when the laptop is not in use
Just press and hold one of the shift keys while you perform a shut-down. That will "cold boot" the system. Start the system and you are good to go.
I've been using Windows since version 3.1, however I finally made the switch to an Apple Mac Mini M4 when Microsoft stopped support Windows 10. I refused to move to Windows 11 for many reasons, but suffice it to say, it was the best decision I ever made. On Mac OS shutdown gives you a clean OS reload that clears RAM, kills stuck processes, flushes many temporary caches, and resets most software state. So there is rarely a need to do a restart. I've never encountered the same kinds of issues I did with Windows such as slow performance, weird app behavior, memory leaks, graphics glitches, etc.
I still have my Windows 10 PC but rarely use it anymore and I don't miss it.
Ditto for me.
Surely Mac is more intelligent, but with Windows upgrading the hardware is way more effective.
Skill issue
I refuse to use hugely overpriced hardware! I build my own computers and my last PC which cost me about 2500 to build two years ago would have cost me aroundx $10K for Apple. My daughter really wanted a MacBook, but what she was looking at was over $3K. She found a windows laptop that was close to 4 times as powerful for $1400 back in 23 and has worked great for her. I run 3 computers on Win11 and several VMs (about 8 i think) and I prefer Win11 over 10.
And just wait for the day Apple says your Mac Mini is no longer supported by Mac OS and you find yourself having to buy yet another computer. That was what pushed me into Linux.
All have been shut down for years bro.
Shut Down is for Long Breaks Especailly the Weekends
Restart Fixed the Common Glitch Issue
Sleep is to Continue Working from Sunday to Thursday
Good stuff, Kevin. You should probably also mention doing a hard restart of the laptop. Holding down the physical power button for 30+ seconds will force the laptop to restart if nothing is responding or if it won’t even power back on after sleep mode.
Sadly this option is blocked for us where I work. We are told to use Shut down to log completely off our network
Kevin, does this apply to desktop computers too?
Time to get hands dirty in control panel
Always restart after the shut down.
Thanks for this great tip ; you have restored my faith that I have some control over MY PC and I am not completely at the bidding of Microsoft.
You can also make a restart shortcut button on your desktop that, when clicked, will restart your laptop or PC. Shortcuts for Shutdown and Sleep can be made too.
Windows is gettin funky ... Instead of deciphering what the words mean, I'm just gonna ditch Windows
All my computers run 24/7 365 restarting once a week