[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT computers

Wed Mar 25 13:00:47 UTC 2009

I'm not sure how just having one computer on all the time effects one's 
power bill.  Between my roommate and I we have five computers, so at least 2 
are on at all times.
both of us are totally blind though, so for the most part, our monitors are 
turned off, and my computer is a laptop, so I think it uses a bit less power 
than a pc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <powerst at dcpcepn.nci.nih.gov>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT computers

> How can you afford this.  How does this effect your power bill?  I have
> all electric.
>
> Terry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: joseli Walter [mailto:joseli at thezoolady.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:31 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT computers
>
> I rarely shut my computer down, so I have my antivirus run every night
> at midnight and update once a week at about 2 in the morning.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT computers
>
>
>> Joyce & All:
>>
>> Both Louis & I back up about once per month.  It should probably be
> done
>> in our case once a week or every other week.  The frequency depends on
> how
>> vital you rate the information you keep/change/add onto your computer
> and
>> the volume of the info you're dealing with.  This is a personal
> choice.
>> We used to start the back ups running at bed time and would let it run
>
>> over night.  With newer back up systems it does not take as long.
> Maybe
>> you could run it during dinner when you will not be using the
> computer.
>> Since your backup is new & external, I'd expect it might take approx 1
>
>> hour to run,  This to depends on the size of your hard drive and how
> much
>> your backing up.
>>
>> IMO More importantly for everyone is the anti virus & spyware
> software's.
>> These should be set to update definitions on a daily basis for both
>> updating & scanning for infections.  To ignore either of these is not
> only
>> detrimental to one's self but inconsiderate to those people with whom
> any
>> type of correspondence, frequent or infrequent, occurs since the
>> infections can spread & possibly do damage to their computers.  Its
> easy
>> to set options within your antivirus/spyware program to automatically
>> update definitions & perform scans on a daily basis.
>>
>> I leave my computer turned on from the point I wake up to the time I
> go to
>> bed, so there are plenty of time slots to choose during the day to
> allow
>> both of these operations to take place without impacting my working on
> the
>> machine.
>>
>> Eileen
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:56 AM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT computers
>>
>>
>>> This is off topic, but do any of you  have your computer set up to
> auto
>>> backup on a monthly or timely basis?  If yes, how frequently does it
>>> backup?
>>> Does it take a short or long time to backup?
>>>
>>> I purchased one of those external drives when I got my computer for
>>> Christmas and needless to say the drive is still in the box.  I was
> told
>>> I would not
>>> want it to backup everytime I guess I put the computer on or off, but
>
>>> just
>>> wondering what others have found to work.
>>>
>>> I know this is not crafty, but if we were to lose all our stuff in
> the
>>> computer regarding crafts, this is not a happy face here.  I went
> through
>>> that
>>> loss twice in the last 8 months.
>>>
>>> Joyce
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