Re: How to tell ahead of time if reboot is required?

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 11/15/04


Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:59:39 -0600

w_brosnan wrote:
> As far as I can tell, the MS KB articles do not list whether or not a
> reboot is required.
>
> This use to be easy to test. But know when using "PATCHINSTALL.EXE"
> with eleven patches It is difficult to test all variations.
>
> (KB867461 KB867460 KB833989 KB886179 gdiplus_6.exe gdiplus_7.exe
> gdiplus_9.exe msprod2.exe KB830348 KB830348 KB833987)

Use QCHAIN..

In my experience: very few patches are affected if you do not reboot before
installing the next. At one point I was installing 45+ patches onto Windows
XP SP1 before rebooting.

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