Hibernation - a n/w issue

[eagercyber]

Hello,

We have a lot of PC's in the n/w for different users. The anti-virus etc are programmed to be updated during night. Now there is a thought that if we go for hibernation , we can save a significant amount of power.

There is a view that if a machine is infested and switched on later, some viruses have a far higher tendency to spread into n/w while booting. In this context, is hibernation same or safer?

Ideally we are looking at power saving while retaining the current amount of safety.

All pointers are welcome.

[paroh]

Turn of indexing service and system restore service if not using USB try to disable USB from the bios or windows. U can also set the pc monitor to shut down if not used for some period of time same like u can use system to go in standby mode if not used for specific period of time and use Lcd monitor this help in saving the bill . Use good antivirus which use small amount of system resouces like ESET NOD32

For safety make a ghost image of the hard disk or the partition like if u installed windows in C drive only make ghost image of C drive.