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Fooling Windows!

Polonious · 2004-08-09 16:34:35

Does anybody know of a way that I can trick windows into thinking I've rebooted!??? Basically when I do a windows update, sometimes I download the .exe files directly from the MS website and install them. However most of these require a reboot, which means i've to stay back late or come in extra early in order to reboot…

09-08-2004 4:34pm

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Polonious

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Does anybody know of a way that I can trick windows into thinking I've rebooted!??? Basically when I do a windows update, sometimes I download the .exe files directly from the MS website and install them. However most of these require a reboot, which means i've to stay back late or come in extra early in order to reboot our servers so as not to affect users!!! Is there a way around this???

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#2 09-08-2004 6:14pm

Stephen

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Can't you reboot your servers remotely? Or schedule it?

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#3 10-08-2004 12:54am

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Short answer, no, as sometimes its necessary for Windows to use these files on startup, hold them in memory, or use them close to the kernel level of the OS.

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#4 10-08-2004 9:02am

jim_bob

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why not put pcanywhere on as a service or set up terminal services

and then just log on from home and do it that way

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#5 10-08-2004 9:12am

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You should be able to schedule reboots to occur when you're not there.

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#6 10-08-2004 2:41pm

Polonious

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No worries, thought there may be a shortcut. There used to be in Win98. Not to worry. Will go with the scheduling idea. Cheers guys!

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