PET PEEVE: Rebooting NT Servers

Can anybody offer any insight as to why it is necessary to reboot NT boxes whenever you do some mundane task????

Uninstall an old antivirus program – must reboot. Install a new antivirus program – must reboot. Change any settings – must reboot. Sneeze on the keyboard – must reboot (or so it seems).

With my trusty Novell box – unload previous antivirus nlm. Load new antivirus program onto sys volume. Load nlm. Completely transparent to the user, and does not require a reboot.

Change a video card on NT requires at least three reboots. On my Linux server, turn off computer, install card, turn on computer, slide in Linux cd-rom. No reboots!

And people still claim that NT is better than Novell or Linux?!?!?!?!?