Microsoft finally decides to give Windows users a less-annoying working environment…
…for updates and restart notifications that is.
Being a Windows user myself, I cannot help myself from ranting about the fact that my Windows 7-laden laptop keeps on popping out these message balloons on the notification area telling me to restart my computer after it’s done installing an update, after choosing remind me in 4 hours, there it goes again, leaving me no other choice but to restart my computer instead of getting interrupted numerous times a day.
Finally, the Redmond-based software giant has finally decided to give its users a less annoying computing experience with the successor to their windows 7 OS. Well, everything’s still pretty much the same with the new Windows 8 operating system except one thing; the OS will no longer require you to restart your PC after almost every installation of update packages, instead, the OS will now only require users to restart their PCs once a month for patches to take effect, at least every second Tuesday or so of every month wherein Microsoft releases important security updates.
Microsoft’s Farzana Rahman (group program manager for the Windows Update group) stated: “The challenge we faced was to find the balance between updating with speed and giving notice to the user for upcoming restarts.” Rahman has also stated that there’s one major exception to this new feature. Updates such as a patch that’s issued to address a serious security threat like the Blaster worm for example, strictly requires an immediate restart upon installation to ensure the security of the users and, of course, stability of the OS. “This will only happen when the security threat is dire enough,” Rahman added.
So basically, deciding whether to sacrifice the security and stability of an OS in place of a less annoying OS environment for computer users was a hard thing to do. Also, there’s no denying that having to restart your PC every now and then reduces productivity, given that some computers have relatively aging hardware such as slow disk drives due to usage, meaning, slower installation of updates, shut downs, as well as boot-ups will always be a dreadful experience–mostly if you’re trying to finish a document that’s near the deadline.
Either way, Microsoft has found a pretty sweet spot in every Windows user’s heart with a once-a-month PC restart right? Let’s just hope that you get that dying hard drive replaced.
This report was originally posted on PopHerald.com as Windows 8 is an “exciting” upgrade, under Gadgets and Mobile Category. Sources: informationweek, MSDN Blogs
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…for updates and restart notifications that is.
Being a Windows user myself, I cannot help myself from ranting about the fact that my Windows 7-laden laptop keeps on popping out these message balloons on the notification area telling me to restart my computer after it’s done installing an update, after choosing remind me in 4 hours, there it goes again, leaving me no other choice but to restart my computer instead of getting interrupted numerous times a day.
Finally, the Redmond-based software giant has finally decided to give its users a less annoying computing experience with the successor to their windows 7 OS. Well, everything’s still pretty much the same with the new Windows 8 operating system except one thing; the OS will no longer require you to restart your PC after almost every installation of update packages, instead, the OS will now only require users to restart their PCs once a month for patches to take effect, at least every second Tuesday or so of every month wherein Microsoft releases important security updates.
Microsoft’s Farzana Rahman (group program manager for the Windows Update group) stated: “The challenge we faced was to find the balance between updating with speed and giving notice to the user for upcoming restarts.” Rahman has also stated that there’s one major exception to this new feature. Updates such as a patch that’s issued to address a serious security threat like the Blaster worm for example, strictly requires an immediate restart upon installation to ensure the security of the users and, of course, stability of the OS. “This will only happen when the security threat is dire enough,” Rahman added.
So basically, deciding whether to sacrifice the security and stability of an OS in place of a less annoying OS environment for computer users was a hard thing to do. Also, there’s no denying that having to restart your PC every now and then reduces productivity, given that some computers have relatively aging hardware such as slow disk drives due to usage, meaning, slower installation of updates, shut downs, as well as boot-ups will always be a dreadful experience–mostly if you’re trying to finish a document that’s near the deadline.
Either way, Microsoft has found a pretty sweet spot in every Windows user’s heart with a once-a-month PC restart right? Let’s just hope that you get that dying hard drive replaced.
This report was originally posted on PopHerald.com as Windows 8 is an “exciting” upgrade, under Gadgets and Mobile Category. Sources: informationweek, MSDN Blogs
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Windows 8 “phone calling” mobile feature outed?
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