How Often Should You Reboot Your Computer?
Windows Computers
At least once a week ( if the pc is acting up Shutting down the computer then restarting it will solve all issues)
- It’s probably the first thing you try when your computer is acting up: turn it off and back on again. But should you restart or shut down? Well that actually depends on what kind of computer you are using. Shutting down your computer will close out of all the programs you’ve been running and clear the cache, so that when you power back up, the machine is running fresh, as there may have been something in the background that was causing it to move sluggishly (or worse).
Mac Computers
On a Mac, the restart and shut down functions do the same thing, so restart if you need to continue working right away, and shut down if you are going away from the computer for a while.