I've applied this to several systems without a reboot. If you had IE open, or an application which uses IE under the covers, then yes, you will have to reboot. Otherwise, no.
At the risk of letting the facts get in the way of a good Microsoft bashing, the blog post linked in the article includes links to.reg files which actually fix the problem.
Although the focus is on virtualization and its effect on performance, I noticed that the author disclosed that he ran the tests on VMWare. The VMWare EULA states in section 3.3 "You may use the Software to conduct internal performance testing and benchmarking studies, the results of which you (and not unauthorized third parties) may publish or publicly disseminate; provided that VMware has reviewed and approved of the methodology, assumptions and other parameters of the study.".
I'm curious as to why this is your opinion, as within about a half hour of playing in BC, you're getting quest rewards that replace gear that you spent months waiting to get a chance to roll on (from Molten Core, Zul'Gurub, etc). I'm sure there's a fair portion of BC users that never even saw the inside of Molten Core.
Instance have also been rescoped appropriately, moving to the 'winged' model, allowing you to finish a defined portion within 60-90 minutes, instead of 3-4 hours. You also only need 25 people for the largest of instances, instead of amassing 40 people.
I'd say that blizzard knows its core audience and is catering to them as much as they can.
Most people will be affected by this starting on the next patch Tuesday from Microsoft (April 11th). TFA states:
"Michael Wallent, general manager of the Microsoft Windows Client Platform, confirmed that the changes will be included in a cumulative IE security update that's on tap to ship on April 11 and said the 60-day extension would apply only to a "small set of customers."
The eWeek article doesn't do a very good job of highlighting that.
Multiple reboots for patches hasn't been required since the late Windows NT4 days, and definitely not since the Windows 2000 days. The one exception to this is a full-blown service pack, which isn't included in this batch of updates.
Can someone help me understand the differences between SIP & XMPP?
I see people post that 'finally we have an IM standard', but it seems that SIP is an existing standard; it's not targeted directly at instant messaging, but covers a lot of the functionality.
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I've applied this to several systems without a reboot. If you had IE open, or an application which uses IE under the covers, then yes, you will have to reboot. Otherwise, no.
At the risk of letting the facts get in the way of a good Microsoft bashing, the blog post linked in the article includes links to .reg files which actually fix the problem.
Although the focus is on virtualization and its effect on performance, I noticed that the author disclosed that he ran the tests on VMWare. The VMWare EULA states in section 3.3 "You may use the Software to conduct internal performance testing and benchmarking studies, the results of which you (and not unauthorized third parties) may publish or publicly disseminate; provided that VMware has reviewed and approved of the methodology, assumptions and other parameters of the study.".
This relates to the earlier slashdot story where xensource had to redact areas of their performance whitepaper
I wonder if they gave him the green light to report these results on VMWare?
I'm curious as to why this is your opinion, as within about a half hour of playing in BC, you're getting quest rewards that replace gear that you spent months waiting to get a chance to roll on (from Molten Core, Zul'Gurub, etc). I'm sure there's a fair portion of BC users that never even saw the inside of Molten Core.
Instance have also been rescoped appropriately, moving to the 'winged' model, allowing you to finish a defined portion within 60-90 minutes, instead of 3-4 hours. You also only need 25 people for the largest of instances, instead of amassing 40 people.
I'd say that blizzard knows its core audience and is catering to them as much as they can.
Since the linked article is light on information, I found the actual amendments (note: PDF)
The eWeek article doesn't do a very good job of highlighting that.
Multiple reboots for patches hasn't been required since the late Windows NT4 days, and definitely not since the Windows 2000 days. The one exception to this is a full-blown service pack, which isn't included in this batch of updates.
Can someone help me understand the differences between SIP & XMPP?
I see people post that 'finally we have an IM standard', but it seems that SIP is an existing standard; it's not targeted directly at instant messaging, but covers a lot of the functionality.
Net BBS' aren't entirely dead, although they don't enjoy the popularity they once used to.
Some still active ones...
Prism BBS
ISCA BBS