I thought more recent OS had ways to update files currently in use and not require reboots.
Corporate policy of rebooting once a week and forcing it is killing me: I usually have tens of excel windows interlinked, and having to reboot daily just saps my will to live….
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The requirement to reboot is a technical choice. With the requirement to reboot, the updates don’t need to care as much about the current running state of the computer, they all start from a more well-known state. It’s basically a choice between complexity (updating without rebooting) and inconvenience (requiring a reboot).
That’s specific to the Windows/Microsoft OS. Of course, most computers used in businesses/offices are Windows, so things like “corporate policy” will usually be based on the fact that the computers are Windows.
I shut down my computer, and restart it (not ‘reboot’) at least twice a week.
However, the corporate software sentry will still pop up every 7 days saying a ‘reboot’ is required.
Why does a shut down and power on not count as a reboot?
Of course!
Imagine your computer is like a big toy set. When you add new pieces or change something, you sometimes need to take apart the old setup and put it back together to make sure everything fits perfectly. An update is like getting new toy pieces. Rebooting is like taking the set apart and putting it back together with the new pieces. This makes sure everything works well together! So, computers reboot after updates to make sure all new changes fit right.
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