May 30, 2006
@ 11:09 PM
Comments [4]
Genuine Advantage Reboot

I may work for the firm, but ... As a good corporate citizen I just installed the Windows Update item that got pushed out to me. The "Windows Genuine Advantage Notification" tool that's supposed to notify me -- I am paraphrasing the decription that I clicked away already -- whether my copy of Windows is genuine and to help me acquire a legal copy if it finds out that its not (whatever that might do). I think I have a bit of an understanding why there's such a tool and why that Windows Genuine Advantage program exists. Like it or not, we make software that we ask people to buy.

But why, why, why does that particular update want me to reboot my machine after the install?  

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:00:46 PM UTC
Must be some odd quirk. I installed the same thing yesterday and never got a request to re-boot on my machine.
Dilip
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:20:48 PM UTC
It may be related to what was in memory at the time of install. On two of three machines I updated, I didn't need to reboot. But I needed to on the third.
Mark Freedman
Thursday, June 01, 2006 3:28:03 AM UTC
The point is that this update should never force anybody to reboot under any circumstance. I think.
Clemens Vasters
Thursday, June 01, 2006 7:58:58 PM UTC
Same with me, it required reboot on certain of my machines. Why at all did I have to install this, I've installed Genuine Advantage sofware many times already on all machines through Windows Update, both automatic updates and through the web based Windows/Microsoft Update.

And I have installed and run the verification when downloading certain items on Microsoft.com site. What is the reason for genuine validation more than once? Is it possible that my installation might one day suddenly become non-genuine?
Sondre Bjellås
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