Vista Uptime

So I just broke my Vista uptime

450 hours right now! Was 370-380 before

Shows how much stabler it has become


So what do you guys think?
What are your uptime records?



PS: Can a mod change the #10 question to "I leave my computer on 24/7 as much as I can"

 

I've had it on for one whole week. I'm pretty sure it can last more, but I like to turn it off when I don't use it (takes about 30 secs to shutdown and to boot...).

 

Only 30 mins for now, but because I got spammed by popups and just got annoyed and held down the power button.

Usually my computer is always on because I'm always seeding stuff.

 

I leave it on/in sleep during the school week. I reboot into XP on weekends or if something is incompatible.

 

My record is around 800 hours, and I only rebooted because I had installed Internet Explorer 8, and it asked me to reboot for it to work.

And oh, I selected every poll option!

 

I leave it on until I go to bed except if I must download somethings or somethings to process

 

Generally I start it up in the morning, the use standbye throughou the day.

Sometimes I do hve to restart it due to an erratic mouse (static problem), but seldomly.
Sometimes I shut down due to a low battery.

Over night its generally off - I have left it on in the past though.

From experience it tends to run better with a regular restart.

 

The only time I shut it down is to reboot the system after an windows update or software installation. I've had to shut it down a handful of times for low battery too. Other than that it stays on all the time, in sleep mode while I sleep, works fine. Don't have a record though (don't really pay attention to that stuff).

 

I don't really care much about windows up time. Since I am always tweaking something (installing and testing new software and then removing it) I often have to restart multiple times during the day for the changes to take effect, therefore my uptime will usually be only a few hours at best. I also shut down at night when I go to sleep, unless there is something downloading that I really want.

Now my servers at work usually stay running without a restart for weeks seeing as the OS running the virtual machines is linux based.

Edit: hmm 999th post

 

I see no reason for Vista to not run into infinity with normal use. Then again, I see no reason for anyone NOT to reboot every week or so for updates.

 

depends, I use sleep mode most of the time, however due to some hardware issues I've been forced to turn off my computer within a few hours when it BSOD's

 

home server runs all time except for updating, then it reboots.

pc/notebook how ever it fits. sometimes for days, sometimes not.

 

What makes Linux able to be updated without having to reboot save for kernel upgrades? Before someone mentions gpu drivers, only restarting x is usually enough to get them to work after installing them. I wish my laptop would not restart on me during the night because of some obscure Windows update....

 

What about sleep/ hibernate options? I put my laptop on sleep during the time when I don't use it, and on hibernate during the nights, and restart for driver updates, Windows updates.

 

it stays on until i install something new and need to restart

 

I'm currently at a day.
PC is on 24/7 unless I have to restart due to updates or certain software installations.

 

The desktop (running XP Pro, using it mainly for a server) is 24/7 online, uptime goes up to 2-3 months, before some update pop-up, or something else forces me to reboot it.

I'm not leaving my lappy to run more than a week without reboot, because it starts to get sluggish. Most of the time it's on, but I'm shutting it down sometimes (at night).

 

It would be cool if Microsoft works in some feature to allow updates of all kinds to be done without restarting the machine. That would be awesome, and I think Windows 7 might be primed for having that ability. It usually takes me 5 minutes to get back into working order after a reboot, because I have quite a few tools that load on startup, including a virtual machine that runs a Vista Ultimate guest OS. For the most part I do leave my machine on unless I'm going to be away from the house for more than a day or so.

 

i turn it off when i don't need it or when i don't download anything
but it's usually on

 

My laptop is always on 24/7 except for when some program messes everything up and hangs the whole system, or when I install any updates or programs that require a restart to work (unless I can figure out how to run the program without a restart.).

 

Restart due to updates. When don't use it i put it on hibernate for the nite.

 

18 days, with the use of standby instead of shut down.

 

Amazing thing is, my laptop is still working perfectly!

Asides from the problem I am having with MSN not receiving or sending messages 97% of the time right now


Loving the stability!
Well concidering all the minor tweaks and stuff vista never does anything without asking me such as updates

Becuase... well I have a major issue with that...



Everytime I update Vista automatically during the night I wake up due to my laptop booting up and then shutting off automatically, and it does so endlessly so the harddrive keeps clicking every couple seconds...

I know its not vista or my HDD because this is a brand new harddrive and vista is freshly installed etc...

So I might fear this is the BIOS, HDD connection wirring whatever...

 

The longest I've ever left mines on is about 24+. No problems at all.

 

I leave my laptop on 24/7... but i turn my desktop off every night.

 

My system is on 24/7, and only goes through reboots because I'm constantly testing different BIOS configs and drivers.

 

woah, leaving a laptop on 24/7 is wicked. wouldn't the laptop heat up more since everything is tightly compacted in it's casing? the battery would have power problems sooner because of this, unless you take out the battery when plugging in to a wall...

 

So right now I am pushing 650Hrs / 26.5 Days ! ! !

No overheating or anything, im itching to get some new nVidia drivers because I still use DOX 182.44


My laptops a true beast!
I am really hoping to get a used X9100 or X9000 (forgot which one I need) for <$200

 

I sadly announce my laptop freezing in the middle of the night with a black screen with a 640X480 res. mouse that was pretty much close to useless... and after hitting a couple keys BLUE SCREEN OF DEAAATH!!! BSOD SUCKS


So my record lays in between 680-720 hours / 29-30 days