What was your LONGEST SESSION on Computer ?

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kInG aLeXo

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In other words, what was the longest period you spent on your computer and\or the longest time you left your PC online or just open without shutting it down, and WHY !

For me, It was 11 days and some hours (3 or 5 not sure), in Summer 2007 when I was downloading a DVD with my 256 kbps "ADSL :blush: " connection from Demonoid and really wanted to get it, and what made me make the session that long without pause\resume was that Demonoid shut-downed at that time a day after I started the download but for some reason the seeders and peers were still there and connected to me even tho the tracker went offline, so I was sure if I disconnected I won't be able to resume the download, and it wasn't expected that Demonoid come back soon, and didn't found that DVD anywhere else.

So, I decided finally just to leave the PC open and connected day and night until the download finish or it shutdowns itself from overheat :shiftyninja: !

After the download finished, I shut-downed my PC and changed the entire fan and the cooler on the processor ! (It was Celeron D 2.4 Ghz :blush: , 512 MiB RAM, running Windows XP SP2 !), also during that time I removed the side of the case and exposed it to direct air for better cooling (later used blower to clean the tons of dust which entered to the case :whistle: !)..ah and I didn't stop browsing\chatting like usual during that time :yes: !

How about you guys :blink: ? any stories ? :rolleyes:

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the single longest session i've ever had in front of a computer was in 2000, and i spent a solid 4 and a half days (108 hours, thats right) on irc continously to push my limits of how long i could stay awake for.

Obviously i went to the toilet and got drinks/food etc but yeah apart from those 5/10 minute "rests", 108 hours is indeed my longest session.

Longest time i've left a computer on for? 6 weeks and a handful of hours (Windows Server 2003 on a spare machine)

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The longest time I've left a computer on is about 3 years (okay, it might've shut down once or twice for 5 minutes during a power outage). It's my 500mhz, 128mb ram server (and before it was a server it was a normal desktop PC). Even if the small CPU fan made a lot of noise, it never showed any sign of slowing down. Although it still worked, I eventually realized it was pretty old, so I swapped it for another computer with an 800mhz AMD CPU :cool:

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I'm ashamed to say I've been on my computer non-stop for over 13 hours today :( I've got a hell of a lot done on Neowin and in other projects, but I've wasted a whole day, in a sense, especially as I had to go out for something earlier and didn't. I haven't even texted my girl back for ages each time today. She texted me 5 hours ago and I've just got distracted by the Internet since then :/

Ha, I'm not usually this bad :D but I guess I've had 3 weeks of non-stop stress and it all finished yesterday, so maybe I deserve to be a big massive lazybum for a day :happy:

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kInG aLeXo

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Longest Time : 1 and 1/2 Month when I wanted to download an ISO on a slow 56kbps connections few years back.

Regularly my machine sleeps for hardly 3 Hours.

you reminded me with the dark days before I got DSL and I was downloading stuff too and browsing with no limits on time :cry: !

How much your phone bill came in the end :huh: ? at least how many digits number it was ? :whistle:

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My computer is ALWAYS connected to the internet, it's always downloading something...

But actual time spent of front of the computer... never more than 10 hours straight, and that's when I have work to do. Otherwise I would never spend more than 3 hours in front of a computer.

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ajua

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I left my main desktop computer running uninterruptedly for about 15 days. I never turn it off, but that was the longest uptime I remember.

Actually using, some days when I'm developing or working I can be 12-15 hours a day. Fortunately, health-wise, that doesn't seem to occur too often.

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I had a record uptime of a month on my main PC, now I turn it off when i'm not here. (30% increase in power costs do that to you).

Instead my server downloads everything at night, which is on 24/7. Uptime? Apart from the fact it runs WS2003 and is on a UPS, and is never switched off... Well that answers it right? :p

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Longest time I spent on a computer was about six hours straight, I was coding a website (back in the days when you used notepad to make sites), and I just was getting very frustrated at how the template kept screwing up and didn't want to get up until I got it "just right".

The longest time my computer has been on is about a week. I once took a trip out of town and forgot to shut it off :p

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at my job; I'm always on a pc for 12hr shifts, mostly just wasting time on the internet (like right now :p)

my longest session for my pc(s) uptime/being online at home... many many months.. i have a media server that is always on, and always downloading my torrents 24/7/365 with UPS. only restarted when updates require, which is rare. Running unRAID as the server OS (18TB of data and counting), with a winXP pro virtualpc session for remote torrent management .

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Zain Adeel

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my computer is ON.. all the time.. except for the power outage here in Lahore.. after every 2nd hour :p

so thats how it

well i usually paint alot..

and it takes like 5 6 7 hours continuous....

but that ok

what i once did was

played Ms.PAC MAN.. to set a record and my game went on for 3 straight hours..

after that i made a record i forgot how much..but i played with the speed pac man on..

after 3 straight hours of gameplay.. i got ILL .. :p i had a headache that lasted 3 dayx.. and i was in bed for 2 dayx... lolx

i play alot of FPS.. for even 5 hours or more.. like CS.. but damn it never happened.. mayb i was too under pressure coz i had to break a record.. :p

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