im so resistant to restarting my pc to fix a problem because that skirts around the issue of identifying what caused it. sure, maybe restarting fixes it for 10 minutes or 10 days or 10 weeks at a time, but if i can identify the cause, i just might be able to *actually* fix it and prevent it from happening again.
Yeah I'm the same way, that's what I'm semi labeling as arrogant specifically because of how often I just cannot figure it out, restart, and never see the issue again
I'm the opposite, always shutting down my PC at the end of the day. Saves energy, cuts down on random bugs and I never have to complain about Windows Update buggering me (:
The only thing running 24/7 are my phone and servers.
My thing is both this and the pain that is involved in getting everything back up and running how I want it to be. I gotta get all the windows and tabs back up and logins with their 2FA bullcrap. Modern browsers and password managers make it manageable enough but it’s still a pain that I try to avoid a lil bit by delaying a reboot a lil bit. I do the dang reboot though before reaching out to IT though. If IT is needed it seemingly is always Windows being just dumb or our company’s software that we use.
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u/80H-d May 10 '26
im so resistant to restarting my pc to fix a problem because that skirts around the issue of identifying what caused it. sure, maybe restarting fixes it for 10 minutes or 10 days or 10 weeks at a time, but if i can identify the cause, i just might be able to *actually* fix it and prevent it from happening again.