Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Dec 2005 11:29 UTC
Microsoft is working on a significant new feature for Windows Vista, known as Restart Manager, which is designed to update parts of the operating system or applications without having to reboot the entire machine. "If a part of an application, or the operating system itself, needs to updated, the Installer will call the Restart Manager, which looks to see if it can clear that part of the system so that it can be updated. If it can do that, it does, and that happens without a reboot." And here & here are some more shots of Vista build 5259.
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2005-09-21
afaik, there really isnt much of a way you could possibly have a system that could update the kernel without rebooting, at least without causing instability. im fine with rebooting for kernel, its the only thing ive ever had to reboot for. its good to see windows is catching up on that though, you would think with the outrageous amount of funded developers for windows this woulda made it here in 9x days, but cant knock em for trying to make things right
, dont knock linux/unix, or its users for having something simular first, if it werent for *nix competetion, microsoft would see no reason to offer anything new, or useful, they are a maintenance company, keep the same old stuff until something threatens its appeal, then throw millions at it. I dont hate microsoft, but they need a swift kick in the ass from time to time. And this is proof it works.