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Many programs that one installs on a computer running Windows XP say
that the computer must be rebooted before the program can be used. But
closing all your programs, rebooting, and then restarting them is
time-consuming.
Why the requirement to reboot?
<beliavsky@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Many programs that one installs on a computer running Windows XP say
> that the computer must be rebooted before the program can be used. But
> closing all your programs, rebooting, and then restarting them is
> time-consuming.
>
> Why the requirement to reboot?
>[/color]
Because some program make changes to the registry and/or
install services that require a reboot to become effective. MS
are getting better at this all the time: Under Win9x, you had
to reboot your PC for every minor modification to the network
settings. Under Win2000/XP, most of these mods can be
performed on the fly.
> > Many programs that one installs on a computer running Windows XP say[color=blue][color=green]
> > that the computer must be rebooted before the program can be used. But
> > closing all your programs, rebooting, and then restarting them is
> > time-consuming.
> >
> > Why the requirement to reboot?
> >[/color]
>
> Because some program make changes to the registry and/or
> install services that require a reboot to become effective.[/color]
For example; if you run apache as a service, the service will start on boot.
(although it is possible to start manually) - hence to start apache, the
easiest way (for non-techies) is to reboot.
Example 2: if a install makes changes to path - for example Java - prior to
a restart I don't think the path gets updated...