Hi Harry,

Your computer would probably use very little power if you left it on all day.  When a computer goes into sleep mode, it shuts down functions which would normally be using power.  For example your hard drive or solid state hard drive wouldn't be active.  Many people never turn off their computers.  It's useful to keep a computer on so you can do a cloud backup during the night.  Businesses do this all the time.  I don't think you have anything to worry about.  Just leave the computer on and enjoy the convenience of never having to worry about anything.

Dan

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> On Dec 11, 2018, at 1:19 PM, Harry Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Using Windows 10 pro, 1809, on a desktop computer.
> 
> Here's the situation. When I bring the computer out of sleep mode, my speech speaks 1 or 2 words, and then it dies, it's gone, so I have to do a reset.
> 
> My computer guy told me just to leave it on all day, so then it's ready for me, instantly, to do whatever work I need to do, at a moments notice, and that he does it, and it does not run up his power bill.
> 
> Do any of you leave your computer on all day till you go to bed at night?
> 
> Will leaving it on all day till I shut it off and go to bed at night run up my power bill?
> 
> Folks, I love sleep mode, it's revolutionary, instant on, it's ready to go in 4 seconds!, it's the greatest thing to happen to computers. I never thought I would live to see that kind of instant on technology on a computer!
> 
> It's fabulous when every second counts, and with what I do, it absolutely does!
> 
> Harry
> 
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