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Originally posted by nevets
Martin
I will take you up on your offer.
Here goes, I currently connect to the internet via 150k BB, my computer is powered up 24/7, I was advised when purchased to leave it on all the time, less things to go wrong. So can I leave Internet Explorer, and Outlook Express open 24/7, rather than shutting them down every time I come off the internet please?
I am running Norton Anti-Virus and Norton Firewall.
Regards
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If your computer is switched on and connected to an active cable modem, it is connected to the internet whether or not IE or Outlook are actually running. If your firewall and Anti-Virus are up-to-date and working, it should make no difference whether you leave the programs running or shut them down. If you get a lot of email (I get 80 or more a day thanks mainly to notifications from this forum!) leaving Outlook running will mean you won't have to sit and wait for loads of mails to download all at once. Leave them running by all means, but I'm curious why you were advised there would be fewer problems if you never shut your PC down?