Re: Prompts for rebooting
From: Dick Kistler (dickkist_at_nospam-hotmail.com)
Date: 08/12/04
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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 07:48:08 -0400
Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:
> Reboot, and it will stop prompting.
>
> Whenever you install any update that tells you upfront that it will
> need to reboot to complete installation, you should be prepared to
> reboot when installation prompts you to. Not doing so delays the
> final pieces from being put in place, and the system may not function
> correctly. It also increases the chances of corruption of tome of the
> update files. Stop delaying the inevitable.
>
>
Yes, this is the big disadvantage of enabling automatic updates. When
the update is installed, you really need to reboot NOW. No matter what
you are doing. Hopefully, SR2 changes will make it less necessary to
reboot NOW, but I think that having to do that is a PITA, and Microsoft
should find a way to avoid it for almost all updates.
Linux is able to do it, why not Windows?
*** Kistler
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