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The joke has appeared in countless other places, including Supernatural, the long-running show that airs on The CW\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Even South Park used the concept as a joke, as Kyle effectively saves the world after the Internet stops by traveling to the \u201ccenter of the Internet\u201d and discovering that it is a giant router. I bet you can guess how Kyle fixes it:<\/p>\n As it turns out, this trope really is an example of art imitating life.<\/p>\n Well, let\u2019s consider how much you actually do with your computer (or your mobile device, or your router, or your washing machine, or anything else that now has its own operating system) on a regular basis.<\/p>\n You start processes, you may install new programs, and that\u2019s not even considering the massive amount of computing that goes on behind the scenes. A lot of these processes and activities will start things up in the background that are never really resolved, which means that your system resources are being used up. This usually has the biggest impact on your Random Access Memory, or RAM. Ultimately, your solutions aren\u2019t able to work effectively any longer, and you see the effects.<\/p>\n However, rebooting inherently ends all of these processes, as they all require power in order to work. As a result, once the computer starts back up again, these processes are no longer running and impacting your system\u2019s resources.<\/p>\n As a result, you have a better-working computer, and the IT stereotype is proven correct.<\/p>\n Keep in mind:<\/strong> if an issue seems to come back and persist despite a reboot (or multiple reboots) you likely have a bigger problem at hand. If this is the case, you can always lean on the professionals at COMPANYNAME to assist you with your technology.<\/p>\n Just don\u2019t be surprised if we ask a particular question.<\/p>\n Subscribe to our blog for more great tips, IT tricks, and best practices!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is quite possibly no more famous question in IT services than \u201cHave you tried turning it off and on again?\u201d While it may sound like a joke (and has quite often been used as one), could this advice actually work? The short answer: it does. For this week\u2019s tip, we\u2019ll explain why that is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[12,390],"tags":[48,62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"images\/easyblog_shared\/January_2020\/1-29-20\/ib_img5.gif\")
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<\/p>\nWhy is Rebooting So Effective?<\/h2>\n