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   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
   In message , Tom Shelton wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro explained :   
   >   
   >> In message , Ezekiel wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "Lawrence D'Oliveiro"  wrote in   
   >>> message news:ik4fpe$8ak$2@lust.ihug.co.nz...   
   >>>   
   >>>> In message ,   
   >>>> Justin wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Two god damn hours to install SP1?  Good God, Microsoft is honestly   
   >>>>> trying to piss off their customers.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And you can't even continue doing work while the update is installing.   
   >>>> Unlike Unix/Linux systems, Windows won't let you replace files that are   
   >>>> curently in use by a running process. So you have to stop everything   
   >>>> until the update is done.   
   >>>   
   >>> "You have to stop everything..." is simply a lie. You can continue doing   
   >>> whatever and any files that are in-use will get replaced after the next   
   >>> reboot.   
   >>   
   >> In other words, in Windows, the update has to be suspended and continued   
   >> after the reboot, adding to the time it takes. That adds to your   
   >> downtime.   
   >>   
   >   
   > No... the update is not supsended.  The update continues to run -   
      
   You mean the update DOWNLOAD continues to run.   
      
   > the files that were locked simply aren't copied into place until on the   
   > reboot.   
      
   But that “copying into place” is basically a weaselly way of saying “the   
   actual update installation”, isn’t it? So the bulk of it takes place during   
   the “reboot”, adding to your downtime. QED.   
      
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