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Computer Care Sleep or Shut Down? by Alan Stainer Do you put your computer to sleep or shut it down? It’s an important question and one that most people overlook. Shutting down a computer actually powers down the machine properly. Putting a computer to sleep makes the computer enter a low power state. It also stores some session information, so that when you switch it back on it boots up more quickly. Does that mean putting a computer to sleep is the best option? Well, yes and no. Yes in that it will be faster on boot up. No, because there are some drawbacks. Firstly computers rely on fully shutting down and restarting to apply some core updates to the operating system. Secondly it is possible that the stored session information (which uses up disk space) becomes corrupt. That can result in your computer failing to boot without some form of intervention to get it into recovery mode, which can be a pain if you don’t know what to do to fix it. One last consideration is speed. If you have a super duper computer with an SSD (it’s a really fast disk), then you will see less gains from putting your machine to sleep than if it had a traditional HDD (it’s a slower disk). The choice in the end is yours. www.alansitsolutions.com
Part Time Sales / Admin person required Sussex Local Magazine, established in 2007, currently has six editions which are delivered through the door monthly to over 37,500 West Sussex homes. We also have a dynamic news-based website serving the whole county. We are busy, successful and are now ready to continue our expansion plans. We are looking for an additional person to join our small, friendly team to increase our advertising sales and assist with general administration. We are looking for someone who is flexible, who is happy to fit in with a small team, who likes dealing with people, who is very comfortable using computers, and who has strong customer service experience. You will be dealing with telephone and email sales and administration enquiries from existing and potential advertisers, together with the associated administration in processing the bookings, plus other general office admin tasks. You would need a driving licence and use of a car to be able to attend occasional local business and community events. In a small team everyone’s opinion counts, so we hope to find someone who isn’t afraid to speak up and be part of our growth. The position, based in our office in central Storrington, is part-time between 9.30 - 2.30/3pm Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. Additional hours may be possible from time to time. Pay is £10 per hour. If interested please email your cv to Kris at info@sussexlocal.net by 30th April www.sussexlocal.net