Why Reboot?

Zenphic · 17th Feb 2008, 12:45 PM

Handy little software for those who like to fiddle around with their Windows OS

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An Article About it: Why Are You Asked to Restart After Install or Uninstall Software? » Raymond.CC Blog

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WhyReboot is a small (~100KB) Windows application that helps you decide whether to reboot your computer after running an installer. It does this by displaying a list of "pending file operations" (rename, delete, etc) that will occur after rebooting your computer. Quite often, no reboot is really needed.

zicovsky · 17th Feb 2008, 07:56 PM

what a cool software, thanks for sharing man. i hate those programs that restarts every time.

jasperchc · 17th Feb 2008, 10:35 PM

i am fine with rebooting after installing an application, the one that is the most annoying is when you enable automatic windows update, it just keeps on popping up the window, interupting whatever you are doing asking you to reboot. Not to mention the automatic reboot after like 10 seconds if you do not click no.

As for the whyreboot software, dont know if its more trouble to simply reboot or use the software to determine if a reboot is necessary

nearownkira · 18th Feb 2008, 01:20 AM

thanks for sharing!!!

werty316 · 18th Feb 2008, 05:47 AM

Nice find however I don't mind as it doesn't take long for a computer to reboot.

Dashken · 18th Feb 2008, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by werty316

Nice find however I don't mind as it doesn't take long for a computer to reboot.

For new system that is... my AMD64 system which the Windows was installed 4 years ago started acting funny 2 years+... I managed to hang on until I changed to my current C2D system.

Problems encountered:
- slow startup
- right-click at desktop or empty space in folder takes 10-15 seconds for the menu to pop-up.
- running out of RAM all the time

and many more. With the current C2D system, it's a breeze (for the moment)

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Zenphic · 18th Feb 2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jasperchc

As for the whyreboot software, dont know if its more trouble to simply reboot or use the software to determine if a reboot is necessary

good point

I guess the software itself is more for people that are just curious, or with rly slow computers

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Originally Posted by Dashken

For new system that is... my AMD64 system which the Windows was installed 4 years ago started acting funny 2 years+... I managed to hang on until I changed to my current C2D system.

Problems encountered:
- slow startup
- right-click at desktop or empty space in folder takes 10-15 seconds for the menu to pop-up.
- running out of RAM all the time

and many more. With the current C2D system, it's a breeze (for the moment)

.

Time to format that AMD64 of yours

Chai · 18th Feb 2008, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

For new system that is... my AMD64 system which the Windows was installed 4 years ago started acting funny 2 years+... I managed to hang on until I changed to my current C2D system.

Problems encountered:
- slow startup
- right-click at desktop or empty space in folder takes 10-15 seconds for the menu to pop-up.
- running out of RAM all the time

and many more. With the current C2D system, it's a breeze (for the moment)

.

You need to reformat your HDD to solve that problem. Too much pr0n.

belikethat · 18th Feb 2008, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

Problems encountered:
- slow startup
- right-click at desktop or empty space in folder takes 10-15 seconds for the menu to pop-up.

yeah same too, just like a few days ago

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Originally Posted by Chai

You need to reformat your HDD to solve that problem. Too much pr0n.

haha i think it was some security suite program i install, it mess up my startup and task stuff =/

hjlavery · 16th Apr 2008, 06:25 AM

Thanks for that, it will be realy handy for my file server that takes about 8 mins to reboot... Damn raid cards

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