Do you shut down your computer at night?

I usually do.Last night I did not,and I was running a photo slide screen saver, right before I fell asleep, I thought to myself one of the slides didn't stay up for viewing as long as I liked. All was fine, but then I woke up around three in the morning a the slide I thought about had frozen and had slightly burned itself onto the screen. Trying Ctrl-Alt-Del didn't work, so I just shutdown, knowing I will have an improper shutdown issue. When I began my studies on computer use and its functions, I read in the "upgrade and repairs book for dummies" that it was better to leave the computer on at all times. The power useage is less than the useage of a Frig. On and off, on and off, isn't good for the hard drive and the processor. Times have changed though, maybe it doesn't even matter. However,I do shutdown at night or when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a long period of time. Kool,name you have.

I shut down my computer completely, internet connection and all. These consume even when turned off. So I have a plug with a switch that I can turn off. The computer eats up a lot of enery. At least 300 to 400 watts an hour when in use and it is always using some electricity like a TV on standby. That one I shut off, too. One can not complain about high energy bills and not save energy. So I shut off all the appliances which consume while not in use.

We shut ours off at night and whenever we will be away for a good length of time. Saves some energy and possibly some wear and tear on the electronics. Resting is normally a good thing so why not for a computer.

ya its sure,bcoz like every machine,i think computer too needs rest and the best time to get rest is at the night. as my computer continuously works from the morning to the night and after night i may think of giving some rest to my thing.

Yes, I will shut it down. I don't want the noise will have a bad effect on my sleeping. It's meaningless to turn it on when I am sleeping. It wastes the energy.

I only leave my computer on if I'm in the middle of downloading something, and then I set my alarm to wake up and turn it off. Computers do tend to use alot of power, but mainly its because I live in Thailand and electricity here is not exactly safe (sparks jump every time I plug something in) so risk of fires and things are quite high.