From: "Geo" 

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Many people who had their computer set to download but install only when =
directed found out that means when directed by Microsoft..

Geo.
  "Rich"  wrote in message news:45821c97$1{at}w3.nls.net...
     There is no forced reboot.  Automatic download and install is only =
one of four options exposed in the Automatic Updates control panel.  A =
user that doesn't want this can chose for updates to be downloaded =
automatically but installed only when directed, downloaded and installed =
only when directed, or never downloaded automatically.  No regedit in =
sight.

  Rich

    "Mike N."  wrote in message =
news:kch3o2t99npneo1m00rhjkjpjf9cf2nba3{at}4ax.com...
    On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:44:55 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:

    >So a friend had a rendering running for 3 weeks on his machine, =
last night
    >Microsoft updated the machine and rebooted it losing 3 weeks worth =
of work.

       What kind of rendering program is this that it doesn't even do
    checkpoint saves periodically.?  Even one save per day would lose a
    miniscule amount of rendering time compared to losing all work due =
to
    someone tripping over the power cord or an extended power outage.

       Not that I think it lets Microsoft off the hook with its "gotta =
reboot
    unless you run regedit" policy.
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Many people who had their computer set =
to download=20
but install only when directed found out that means when directed by=20
Microsoft..
 
Geo.

  "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:45821c97$1{at}w3.nls.net...
     There
is no forced =
reboot. =20
  Automatic download and install is only one of four options exposed in =
the=20
  Automatic Updates control panel.  A user that doesn't want this =
can chose=20
  for updates to be downloaded automatically but installed only when =
directed,=20
  downloaded and installed only when directed, or never downloaded=20
  automatically.  No regedit in sight.
   
  Rich
   
  
    "Mike N." <mike{at}u-spam-u-die.net>">mailto:mike{at}u-spam-u-die.net">mike{at}u-spam-u-die.net>
=
wrote in=20
    message news:kch3o2t99np=
neo1m00rhjkjpjf9cf2nba3{at}4ax.com...On=20
    Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:44:55 -0500, "Geo." <geo{at}nls.net>">mailto:geo{at}nls.net">geo{at}nls.net>
wrote:>So =
a friend=20
    had a rendering running for 3 weeks on his machine, last=20
    night>Microsoft updated the machine and rebooted it losing 3 =
weeks=20
    worth of work.   What kind of
rendering program is =
this=20
    that it doesn't even docheckpoint saves periodically.?  =
Even one=20
    save per day would lose aminiscule amount of rendering time =
compared to=20
    losing all work due tosomeone tripping over the power cord or an =

    extended power outage.   Not that
I think it lets=20
    Microsoft off the hook with its "gotta rebootunless you run =
regedit"=20
    policy.

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