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Vista To Be Updated Without Reboots

Posted by Zonk on from the welcome-to-the-world-of-tomorrow dept.

UltimaGuy writes "Microsoft is working on a new feature for Windows Vista, known as Restart Manager, which will update parts of the operating system or applications without having to reboot the entire machine. From the article: 'If a part of an application, or the operating system itself, needs to updated, the Installer will call the Restart Manager, which looks to see if it can clear that part of the system so that it can be updated. If it can do that, it does, and that happens without a reboot.'"

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  1. No Reboot by faqmaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is no reboot, just a breif BSOD, then you're back at teh login screen.

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  2. Ready for the desktop by cactux · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, with this new feature, will windows be ready for the desktop? Because it is years now that we hear "this year is THE year, it is ready for the desktop !"

  3. An integral part... by zecg · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...of the new Restart Manager is the Dolby Stereo 5.1 system. It checks whether it can update without reboot, sees that there's no fucking way, then plays a sound behind your back - you turn and presto! - no reeboot needed!

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  4. Oh, UNIX has had "Restart... by cnelzie · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Managers" for a very long time. They are usually hairy, sometimes suffer from poor hygeine or halitosis or stinky feat syndrome. Sometimes they are cranky and short-tempered, but fill them with enough pizza, Mountain Dew and Coffee and they usually work things right.

        They are typically called System Administrators.

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  5. Microsoft acts like a kid. by windowpain · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish the hell they would just make the the damned thing more stable in the first place.

    Microsoft acts like a kid who won't eat his vegetables, won't do his homework, won't clean up after himself and won't take out the garbage and yells, "Hey, hey Ma look! I can balance a beachball on my nose! Aren't you proud of what a clever boy I am?"

    I'd like to take Billg by the hair and tell him, "No Windows Vista for you young man until you fix all the broken crap in XP! And stop making faces at cousin Linus."

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  6. A "Restart Manager"? How typical. by Art+Tatum · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why is it that every Microsoft solution involves a "manager"? They never seem to get to the point and just fix a problem. Instead, we get these grandiose stacks of hierarchy. It's like the French government is behind every design decision.

  7. Re:As an IT Employee... by SimReg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Same thing you do now - read and post to Slashdot!

  8. Re:funny department by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's with the kid that always crosses the finish line last and somehow always gets perceived as the leader?

    Why does every topic have to come down to politics and the Bush administration?