Adobe Updater
Thursday 14th June, 2007 13:21 Comments: 0
Why do I get this message on my systems?
I can understand why the updater program needed Admin privileges in order to install the update, as it's updating files within the Program Files folder. But why on earth do I need to restart my computer? My best guess is that I had Internet Explorer open at the time, and the update affects the ActiveX control. Why didn't it tell me that IE was open and that closing it down would save me a reboot (and I'm only guessing here, maybe I'm wrong and it always needs a reboot?). I'd happily find the (right) time to close down IE and install the update if I knew it'd save me an annoying reboot. And if that's not the reason why, what is?
I can understand why the updater program needed Admin privileges in order to install the update, as it's updating files within the Program Files folder. But why on earth do I need to restart my computer? My best guess is that I had Internet Explorer open at the time, and the update affects the ActiveX control. Why didn't it tell me that IE was open and that closing it down would save me a reboot (and I'm only guessing here, maybe I'm wrong and it always needs a reboot?). I'd happily find the (right) time to close down IE and install the update if I knew it'd save me an annoying reboot. And if that's not the reason why, what is?