Restart machine

my best guess is that with linux and win2k, most of the changes take effect immediately, therefore no reboot is required. With win 9x, the changes only take after you reboot.

I hate it too.

In win 98 the registery and system files do not fuction properly till the computer is warm booted so that the new files are properly updated before they fuction to the full extent.

With Windows 98 a lot of files are updated when you install software, and a lot of these files are in use... therefore they are copied to temporary locations and replace the intended files before they are loaded into memory and locked... Windows 2000 isn't so bad, but you still need to reboot after a lot of installs. I think it comes down to the software companies, some companies go to the effort of creating Windows Installer files (office 2000 for example) which often don't need reboots, and some (like Trend Micro) write software that installs without reboots which is pretty hand on a server....

good programmed sw don?t need a reboot.......
;-)

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