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Windows XP Updates... annoying February 20th 2007, ricardo
Is it just me or these days Microsoft are "sending" a lot of updates and which forces you to restart the system almost everyday?

I'm tired of moving the window of 'Restart now' to outside the screen so it stops asking me for it :(

I'm gonna be a mac fan here... I don't remember the last time I had to restart MacOS.
7 comments

On MacOSX: Preferences Pane -> Software Updates -> Search now.
Oh jesus, one update that requires restart!! (something related with WLAN)

macosx, windows, linux (apt-get upgrade = your linux stop working for 2 hours),... , all of them are the same shit! good bless amigaOS!
February 20th 2007, xphere
Corrections:
WLAN -> WWAN
good bless -> god bless :P
February 20th 2007, xphere
which machine do you use for running linux? one 486 connected with a 56k modem? :P
February 20th 2007, sole
even when a package manager is working, there's no reason for a linux box to stop working. you can always throttle down the process. two words: nice and htop.

anyway, about the particular annoyance of the please-restart-because-your-mortal-soul-is-in-danger: just get a window hide-minimizer tool, such as 4t tray minimizer, and you will restar your computer at your will, not at microsoft's. or select when do you want to install the updates.

microsoft's update release cycle is usually quite regular: every second tuesday of the month, unless there are no updates.
February 20th 2007, spite
acabaré volviendo al amiga... pero al 500!
February 21st 2007, humphr3y
no me refiero al tiempo de download. Me refiero al tiempo que se pierde en cosas como... reinstalar los drivers de la targeta gráfica, que si ahora han petado las fonts de las X, que ahora vamos a buscar un howto para recuperar el sistema, que si voy a recompilar el kernel... buah....
February 21st 2007, xphere
xphere you are a moron. I can use my Ubuntu install during any update, even on a vmplayer virtual machine.
February 27th 2007, yer mom