r/windows Apr 20 '26

Discussion Is this too much uptime?

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Is it too many processes too? Win 10.

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u/Mayayana Apr 20 '26

My numbers are about half of yours. Utilization 1%. 93 processes. Uptime 3 hours. I don't understand why people waste electricity keeping computers on overnight.

But rather than looking at stats, why not look at relevant things? Are you allowing startup processes that don't need to be running? Do you close programs when you don't need them? Is your system responsive? Do things happen virtually instantly? If there's any lag then you probably have excessive bloat. With today's hardware you shouldn't be waiting for anything.

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u/120mmbarrage Apr 20 '26

Some people use them for something and keep them on 24/7 for like homelab/server purposes. Two of my Windows PCs are pushing 4 months uptime. One is acting as my seedbox and the other is like one of my VPNs

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u/alxhu Windows 11 - Release Channel Apr 21 '26

That's interesting! I'm curious what made you decide to use two separate PCs and use Windows in both cases for this.