25 Jan
2010
25 Jan
'10
12:11 p.m.
On Jan 25, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
Ok, that's cool. But..
It's been
patched, just nothing that requires a reboot. And as
you know, most UNIX-based OSs rarely require reboots for
patching. For example, I've replaced the Ethernet interface
drivers on this machine, hot, without rebooting.
I can (and do) replace video drivers on my Windows 7 boxes without
rebooting :) same for network and just about anything else. Now if I could just beat some sense into the windows
update guys so
they stop marking fixes to IE as "reboot required" when they're
clearly not...
...this is what I was going to ask about. Why do they do that?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL