A question about preparation for patching

From: Perry, Mark-Allen (Mark-Allen) (mark-allen.perry_at_HP.COM)
Date: 08/24/04

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    To all:
     
    I've never seen this explicitly mentioned but I thought I'd post the
    question.
     
    How many people reboot their machines just before applying a patch that
    requires again a reboot?
     
    In my opinion, this would clear out any weird settings and changes
    hanging around and remove any doubt whether a crash was caused by the
    patch or had been waiting there before.
     
    Is this a better idea than just patching and THEN rebooting?
     
    Comments?
     
    many thanks,

    --
    Mark-Allen Perry 
    ALPHA Systems
    Marly, Switzerland
     
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