Question Leaving my PC's running permanently ?

[cve60069]

Hello

I have linked three PC's using RemotePC and everything is working fine. I have been working from my office in Portsmouth and linking with my other PC in Chichester. This PC is to become the File Server. However, today, the PC in Chichester was off and I am assuming the PC shut itself down. I need the PC's to stay on for at least three-days at a time. All my PC's are fitted with SSD's.

Is it safe to leave the PC running constantly, and if so, how do I set the PC?

I am using Windows 7, 10 and 11 on individual machines. All need to stay on.

Regards

Dan

 

[Nathkrul]

Make a change in power settings to always on, put the computer to sleep never.

 

[cve60069]

Thanks

 

[PsychoPsyops]

One reboot a week is still recommended to keep system performance normal.

 

[geofelt]

What happens if the location has a power failure?
A UPS of some sort may be in order.

Windows will want to update and restart from time to time.
See that the update process can be deferred or set to non working hours.

I see no problem with constant running so long as heat is under control.

 

[USAFRet]

Is it safe to leave the PC running constantly

Yes.
Most of mine are.

You do have to account for Windows updates and reboots, and building power fails.

 

[cve60069]

Thanks for the information. I will keep an eye on the updates situation. At the moment, I am working on the three computers from different locations.

 

[faalin]

Few things i do at work

1. have a batch file to shut down any program and have the computer restart. Setup task scheduler to run batch file every Sunday.
2. computer on battery backup, if power failure safely shutdown computer.
3. if battery backup sees power again start computer.

If you dont want a battery backup there should be a setting in the bios to turn the computer back on if power failure once the PSU sees power again.

Another option, all our dell computers have WOL enabled in the bios and our network switch can send out a WOL command to boot the computer.

 

[cAllen]

I've had my old box running 24/7/365 pretty much it's entire 13 year 9 month life span minus occasional maintenance.