How often does should Windows 7 be shut down?

I do not want to leave my notebook on because it is in my room and the fan can be loud.

My options are to hibernate it or turn it off.

On another notebook I had a few years ago, if I did not turn it off every day, it became slow. That was with XP.

How often do I need to shut down Windows 7 in order to avoid it slowing down?

 

I notice no speed difference after a week or 10 days. Mostly restart only when updates want to reboot. Sometimes a program crashes (VLC and Chrome mostly) and then I restart, otherwise there is no need.

 

The real question is why would you want to run your machine 24/7?

Notebooks aren't generally designed to be run 24/7 nor are they designed to be run with the lid closed.

Shut it down or let it sleep/hibernate when necessary.

 

Agreed
I would shut it down at nights, and hibernate when I know I need it again in short time

 

You usually need to restart once or twice a month for OS updates and/or installing stuff, and that's generally enough IMO. The rest of the time you can just sleep or hibernate.

 

it's specific to the machine you get in a perfect condition you would need to shutdown only for os update

but it depends mostly on th qualitie of your driver cause some of them haves memory leaks and other such thing that reduce performance

windows 7 can handle aplication and some driver when they overcome thier purpose but some other it can't so the time you will be able to run without restarting depends on your specific machine

 

Your old notebook became slow after a while because it probably had limited RAM memory.

 

how do you figure that, precisely?

 

Internet and Computers Tips and Tricks: Clear Memory(RAM) Refresh System

 

I can't remember the last time my notebook was turned off,

I only put it to Sleep when I'm not using it, turning it On and Off is kind of a hassle.

 

I generally leave mine on until an update notification forces the computer to restart. I usually hibernate once in a while, but it's mostly on 24/7, and I've got no heat/speed problems on this laptop (the last one was a whole different story)

 

Sleep when not in use and on AC power.
Hibernate when not in use and off AC power. (Or when going into a bag for travel.)

I have hybrid sleep enabled when off AC power.
Restart only when necessary per updates.

Gary

 

that's no answer, it's a pointer to another web posting.

removing idle processes isn't a solution. it's a hammer.

better to find out what software you have that isn't well behaved and fix that.

 

I didn't say it was a solution.I said that maybe that's what was happening to the OP in his old notebook.

 

My desktop hibernate for weeks, i dont notice any difference in performance... If so, i just log off and on again once in a while.