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When Restart Manager[^] was introduced, MS claimed it would reduce the number of restarts required when updates were applied.
Well, I haven't noticed any decrease in the number of times I have to restart after applying updates! It's so annoying.....
Thank you.
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Let's assume it's 75% effective in avoiding a restart. That means on a typical patch Tuesday 2 of the patches will require a reboot instead of all 8 of then. You're still going to have to reboot then. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
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Is a reboot every now and again really that painful?
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Painful enough to post a small rant on Code Project? Yes.
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Given some of my rants I cannot deny you that right.
But the whole armed revolution thing you've detailed in your blog is a bit over the top, isn't it?
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Heat of the moment.  
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Wel obviously you are a fan. (Why else have a name with x64 in it) 
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CBadger wrote: Why else have a name with x64 in it)
So x64 means Microsoft to you? I thought it was simply the name of a CPU architecture.
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Not me. According to google[^] ![Good Stuff | [The good stuff]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/vegemite.gif)
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Here is what the first result says:
Quote: x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64 and AMD64) is the 64-bit version of the x86 instruction set.
You'll have to show me a specific post that says that x64 means Microsoft if you want me to believe it.
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I rest my case. 
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My work laptop I only ever put in sleep mode. I keep everything open so I don't have to spend the first 20 minutes of the day reloading my projects in Visual Studio and reloading all my scripts in SQL Server Management Studio.
Rebooting kills me. :-P
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Some people seem to think so. Personally I reboot my workstation daily. Servers on the other hand I don't like to reboot.
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During the kickoff event for Windows 2000 in Phoenix, AZ, the product manager gave a thrilling presentation announcing the end of mandatory restarts. He said that there were only 5 situations that would still need a restart, and he lsited them. I don't recall the particulars, but they were all things that would almost never occur. He lied.
The next speaker promised an end to DLL Hell. Ditto.
They can call it Tech Ed, or MS Insiders, or whatever other silly name they want, but in the end it's all Marketing.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Good point. 
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I'd reboot anyway. :shrug:
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Making up for all the reboots you didn't have to do after patching/upgrading VMS?
 
You can go sleep at home tonight if you can get up and walk away
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Patches for VMS? What? 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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 What was I thinking
Started w/VMS 2.2
You can go sleep at home tonight if you can get up and walk away
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The first operating system I used was RSTS/E, in high school. I don't recall what versions of VMS I used in college. My first development job was with VMS 5.0.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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You do understand that the restart is used to simply clear memory of executing processes and services that may have been updated. One restart is usually required (unless the updates were trivial). That's not so bad when the result is an updated run-time environment.
Gus Gustafson
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It's not clear to me what exactly you are clarifying. One restart is annoying enough when I have ten applications open and everything set up exactly the way I happen to be working that day.
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