Tech Shakedown #5: Microsoft justifies Vista’s forcing of unwanted reboots

[THRASHER2]

Tech Shakedown #5: Microsoft justifies Vista’s forcing of unwanted reboots

Video Clip (http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=733)

Two weeks ago, I posted a ZDNet Technology Shakedown video (http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=698) showing how, after downloading and installing some updates, Windows Vista initiated a forced reboot of itself without allowing me the option to postpone that reboot. The options were there. But they were inaccessible. I was critical of the experience because the odds are pretty good that a user of Windows Vista could be in the middle of doing something important with their PC that can’t be delayed because of a forced reboot. For example, they could be participating in a realtime online conference of some sort (eg: with something like WebEx). Or what if the user was under the gun to get something done by a certain deadline? I can’t possibly count with two hands how many times I’ve had something that takes 30 minutes to do, but only 15 minutes to do it. In situations like that, I’d most certainly blow a gasket if my operating system forced a reboot of itself.
Full Story (http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=733)

[Nocutius]

Why does M$ think this is a good idea, the 'preventing regular user from interfering with an admins decision' excuse is pretty lame.
I guess setting the automatic updates as fully automatic, is not an option anymore. It's nothing big, but it sure is one extra annoyance with vista.

[Xero (1)ne]

If there's a will, there's a way. There must be a way to disable this. :icon_tiphat:

Edit: Somebody [here (http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10741-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=36952&messageID=679635&start=-9666)] claims that this is because of having automatic updates set to automatic. This makes sense because I have my updates set to only download and install when I tell it to. I've postponed my restart for a couple of days.

[Schwarz]

OMG...
What if you were writing a 15 page article about a product or whatever...
I mean usualy they tell you to save your work all the time in case of a power outage or if your PC crashes but now you have to watch out for yourself because of Vista ?!??!