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   I've never met one that I'm aware of.  And moot too as from what you =
described your friend has his machine set to automatically install.  His =
choice was honored.  If he or you are whining about this you are only =
making yourself look bad.

Rich

  "Geo"  wrote in message
news:45822672$6{at}w3.nls.net...
  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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   I've
never met one that =
I'm aware=20
of.  And moot too as from what you described your friend has his =
machine=20
set to automatically install.  His choice was honored. 
If he = or you=20
are whining about this you are only making yourself look =
bad.
 
Rich
 

  "Geo" <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote=20
  in message news:45822672$6{at}w3.nls.net...
  Many people who had their computer =
set to=20
  download 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=20
    chose for updates to be downloaded automatically but installed only =
when=20
    directed, 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=20
      friend 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=20
      to losing all work due tosomeone tripping over the power cord =
or an=20
      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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