How do I know when a reboot is required?

[Rick Stevens]

David L Norris wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 18:36, Don wrote:
> 
>>With MS Windows, it seems a reboot is required after nearly every
>>software update.
> 
> 
> I think that's largely due to their file locking mechanisms.  (And maybe
> further due to way their filesystems creates files.)

It has a lot to do with that evil thing called the "Registry" which has
its grubby fingers in almost every program.  If you tweak the registry,
you have to reboot.  BTW, that's how most "sticky" hacks get on a
Windows box...they get into the registry so they get restarted on each
boot.  Nice idea, TERRIBLE implementation.
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