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I have more faith in a cold boot than a warm boot to clear up computer glitches.
What say you, DUers?
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I have more faith in a cold boot than a warm boot to clear up computer glitches. (Original Post)
raccoon
Jun 2013
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lastlib
(23,286 posts)1. yup, agreed
Complete shutdown clears more out of memory, closes all processes, and retains fewer settings on the hard drive. Much cleaner way to go.
MichaelSoE
(1,576 posts)2. no argument here
and it's not even a matter of faith
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)3. 99+% of the time a Restart will clear things up.
When it doesn't, a complete shutdown and start may or may not fix it.
Of course I clean out my Temp folders on a regular basis.
ChromeFoundry
(3,270 posts)4. If it looks like hardware,
like USB ports stop working or Video gets flakey, I perform a cold reboot.
If it's just software, like memory leaks or data corruption, then a warm reboot should suffice.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)5. Unless your glitches are hardware related, it makes no difference.
These days hardware reliability far exceeds that of software.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)6. ABSOLUTELY!
The ONLY way to clear all the memory is to reboot.
I find that clearly 50% of computer problems can be "fixed" with a cold reboot.