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Forced rebooting. Cnet video.

Aug 4, 2007 6:17AM PDT

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Hasn't Happened Here But...
Aug 4, 2007 2:13PM PDT
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Here neither, but...
Aug 4, 2007 2:31PM PDT

So far Vista has 'asked nicely,' but I've had XP perform a similar stunt on me a few times in the past. It wasn't kind enough to give me a warning every time, though.

John

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I also don't use automatic updates
Aug 4, 2007 10:18PM PDT

It prevents a lot of problems.