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Stupid installers. by Phoon2007-07-01 01:40:39
  Or that they don't want to restart at all? by Michiel2007-07-01 02:00:07
    A simple, "It won't work until you restart", by Phoon2007-07-01 02:02:28
      I love it when they say that... by shadowsystems 2007-07-01 02:25:11
...and it turns out the only reason WHY they say it is because they've tried to set an auto-run entry in the Registry.
Oh, I'm sorry, but I blocked that when Spybot asked me if I wanted to allow it to happen.
["Soup Nazi" voice] Bad program, no auto-run for you! [/Soup Nazi]
Then you launch the program & it runs just fine.
Yeah, "reboot THIS!" [rude hand gesture] =)P
Of course, the ones that force a reboot (don't ask, just DO) are the ones I promptly uninstall & fire off a wicked email to their creator - something along the lines of "Thank you forcing that reboot & killing a file download I've been waiting THREE DAYS to finish from a server that does NOT allow re-starting! May your name earn eternal damnation from every ISP on the planet & become a household synonym for explosive diarrhea. You Are Teh SUCK!"
A quick uninstall, Registry clean, and aggressively removing any and ALL traces of such scumware from my system ensues.
I don't care WHO you think you are, yon programmer, it's MY computer and *I* determine when it reboots.
Don't make me hunt you down and beat the FPB out of you with a UPS & my uptime logs.
=D
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        tsk tsk tsk by pitje2007-07-01 03:16:17
          *LART* by shadowsystems2007-07-01 03:44:58
            He. by aix tom2007-07-01 05:03:04
            ... Sigh. by bwkaz2007-07-01 05:27:08
              a simple halt process apply fix then restart by joecrouse2007-07-01 09:42:32
                Yes, true, it woudn't be hard. But: by bwkaz2007-07-01 09:47:36
                  If the process halts does the replace by joecrouse2007-07-01 10:12:46
                    The system doesn't have to restart. by bwkaz2007-07-01 10:25:01
                      Exactly what I was meaning. by joecrouse2007-07-01 10:39:21
                        Hmm, maybe. by bwkaz2007-07-01 13:24:07
                      He never said he didn't shut down his apps. by Phoon2007-07-01 12:57:38
                        Allow me to quote: by bwkaz2007-07-01 13:44:20
            heh by pitje2007-07-02 00:22:50

 

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