reboot to present desktop

[pcandpc]

Hello?

I'm using WinXP-Home, and I just downloaded Windows security

updates and completed the install.

The system's asking me to reboot, but I'm in the middle of running

an application that I want to keep it in its running state. If I reboot,

that running application will not come back to its running state and

I'm concerned about it.

So, is there a way that I can reboot the system and come back to

the present desktop setting with any running applications still running?

Thanks.

[firefoxthebomb]

I do not think so, you can alway reboot later after the running program gets done and you can afford a reboot.

[chilifrei64]

None that I am aware of.. Just reboot later

[pcandpc]

Hi firefoxthebomb and chilifrei64,

Thanks for your feebacks. Well, actually, I've been post-

poning the reboot by keep clicking on the "reboot later"

button when the warning message had popped. But, I

ended up rebooting after coming back from a hybernated

state as the IE browser was acting weirdly

[suryad]

MS is weird about having to reboot....almost everytime you install something. Something about Linux that always got to me was that I could reinstalling drivers, updating software, recompiling the gosh darn kernel and it would maybe ask to reboot once...if that.

[Martin Zugec]

2Suryad: It is because PFR concept. However it is sometimes great - for example in corporations you need 2 restart to fully patch system including office etc.. (first for agent, second are hotfixes)