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daibhidcWindows updates
Normally, Windows Vista will inform you there are updates that need installed and ask if you want to do anything about it. Periodically, however, just when you've forgotten about the last time Vista did this, it will install updates all on its own and then shut down and restart your computer. This is done as a friendly reminder that you use our software on our terms, not your own.
You will not be asked if you would like your computer to restart at a more convenient point. Doing so would give you a sense of control over your life, and this could lead to you plucking up the nerve to try a different OS. Trust Windows Vista. Windows Vista is your friend.
You will also not be given sufficient warning of the shutdown to mark the Usenet post you were halfway through as unread, or save your progress in the room-escape game you had nearly finished. Blabbering on afp and playing Flash games are a waste of time, and disrupting them is good for you. You'll thank us one day.
Once Windows Vista restarts, a pop up speech bubble will inform you that the updates have been installed. Another one will inform you that Windows Vista still has updates that need installing. This final touch was the winner of an informal competition in the Windows Vista team, to see how pissed off we could make our customers without actually driving them towards Mac.
Normally, Windows Vista will inform you there are updates that need installed and ask if you want to do anything about it. Periodically, however, just when you've forgotten about the last time Vista did this, it will install updates all on its own and then shut down and restart your computer. This is done as a friendly reminder that you use our software on our terms, not your own.
You will not be asked if you would like your computer to restart at a more convenient point. Doing so would give you a sense of control over your life, and this could lead to you plucking up the nerve to try a different OS. Trust Windows Vista. Windows Vista is your friend.
You will also not be given sufficient warning of the shutdown to mark the Usenet post you were halfway through as unread, or save your progress in the room-escape game you had nearly finished. Blabbering on afp and playing Flash games are a waste of time, and disrupting them is good for you. You'll thank us one day.
Once Windows Vista restarts, a pop up speech bubble will inform you that the updates have been installed. Another one will inform you that Windows Vista still has updates that need installing. This final touch was the winner of an informal competition in the Windows Vista team, to see how pissed off we could make our customers without actually driving them towards Mac.
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Date: 2008-10-16 02:28 pm (UTC)But they don't do that. Ever. Even with important security updates, Mac OS notifies you that you might want to install them and you're free to refuse. If you do choose to install them it will ask before restarting the machine as well.
I've used Windows and didn't care for it much, but from what I've heard Vista bad, even for Windows...
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Date: 2008-10-18 01:10 am (UTC)It wasn't just Vista. My desktop machines running XP restarted themselves too, sometime during the workday, now that you mention it.