{"id":6425,"date":"2020-04-10T06:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplytech.uk\/?p=6425"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:52:15","slug":"restarting-your-computer-why-this-simple-first-step-has-more-value-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplytech.uk\/?p=6425","title":{"rendered":"Restarting your computer \u2013 Why This Simple First Step Has More Value Than You Think."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6425\" class=\"elementor elementor-6425\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e190baf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e190baf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a177166\" data-id=\"a177166\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7146ad8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7146ad8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">It\u2019s the age-old joke that will plague IT Support to the end of time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2fac12 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"f2fac12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"Have you tried turning your\nmachine on and off again?\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1119a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1119a2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hey, sometimes we even mix it up a bit \u2013 \u201cCan you reboot?\u201d, \u201cTry powering down the machine\u201d etc etc.<\/p><p>It means the same thing, and honestly, it isn\u2019t lazy advice. There is real logic and value to this simple act.<\/p><p>So why does it work? Put simply, electronic devices are state based machines. They start in one state, and proceed from there, building in stages from one state to the next. Programmes are the same, and your computer\u2019s software will be running many simultaneously. If one of these programmes has a bug, or there are conflicting commands running simultaneously, you can find yourself on the phone to IT Support (or tempted to throw the machine out of the window, which we don\u2019t recommend by the way).<\/p><p>Powering down your machine (and yes, sometimes this might involve physically removing the plug and allowing the machine to fully deplete its power) enables what is essentially a reinitialization of the device and a return to its original state.<\/p><p>Of course, it may not fix the original problem, which is why we are always on call to investigate if a reboot doesn\u2019t resolve the situation. It\u2019s easier and faster to start from a clean state than identify and fix any problems that may be occurring \u2014 in fact, in some cases, it may be impossible to fix problems without beginning from that clean state. As a time-effective and logical first step, a simple reboot is a great solution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the age-old joke that will plague IT Support to the end of time. &#8220;Have you tried turning your machine on and off again?&#8221; Hey, sometimes we even mix it up a bit \u2013 \u201cCan you reboot?\u201d, \u201cTry powering down the machine\u201d etc etc. It means the same thing, and honestly, it isn\u2019t lazy advice. 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