Windows 8 promises fewer annoying restarts after an update

From CNET News.com: Windows users who hate having to reboot their computers after a new update is installed may find some relief in Windows 8.

Microsoft is promising that the upcoming OS will require fewer restarts after a patch, bug fix, or other Windows update finishes installing.

Restarts are sometimes a necessary evil when an update installs simply because the files that need to be updated are in use and can't be modified until the PC reboots. But Microsoft clearly realizes that updates annoy people for that very reason.

"When it comes to Windows Update, one of the most discussed topics is the disruptiveness of restarts in the course of automatic updating," Farzana Rahman, group program manager for Windows Update, wrote yesterday in the latest edition of the Building Windows 8 blog. "And for good reason--restarts can interrupt you right in the middle of something important."

One of the questions faced by Microsoft in designing the update process in Windows 8 was "What is the best way to quickly update the PC while not being intrusive to the user?"

Updates sometimes need to be applied in a timely fashion, especially if they deal with security holes, but users need to get their work done without being bothered by constant messages asking them to reboot.

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