No 'Restart Your Computer' Notice

[system]

I had a kind of loop when doing a version update from 1456 to 1466 whereby the indication was that the update was done, but when I clicked the “OK” button I then saw an “Update version” button with indication below I was still on 1456 and so I repeated and this went on again and finally I figured a restart might be needed and sure enough now it shows as having been updated to 1466.

But shouldn’t the update package provide some sort of notification that a restart should be done?

EDIT: Better make the edit this way. Wrong vocabulary up there. The button read “Update Program” and then below was the “Current version” as 7.0.1456.

[schmidthouse]

@ManyQs post:1

I had a kind of loop when doing a version update from 1456 to 1466 whereby the indication was that the update was done, but when I clicked the “OK” button I then saw an “Update version” button with indication below I was still on 1456 and so I repeated and this went on again and finally I figured a restart might be needed and sure enough now it shows as having been updated to 1466.

But shouldn’t the update package provide some sort of notification that a restart should be done?

EDIT: Better make the edit this way. Wrong vocabulary up there. The button read “Update Program” and then below was the “Current version” as 7.0.1456.

A reboot after any update can never hurt and I’ve found often resolves program glitches…like not recognizing an update.

[system]

Yes, I agree. Thus the restart I did. But are you indicating that a restart isn’t normally necessary when doing a program update?

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[schmidthouse]

@ManyQs post:3

Yes, I agree. Thus the restart I did. But are you indicating that a restart isn’t normally necessary when doing a program update?

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No. I was just noting that I reboot just as a matter of protocol whether suggested/indicated or not

On a side note, you may want to hide your email from the public in your profile settings as Spammers are known to troll the forum to harvest email addresses.
Just saying.

[system]

I’m sorry, where do you see my email address?

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[schmidthouse]

If you go to Profile/ Account Settings and look to see if you have “Allow users to email me” Unchecked. If this box is checked I believe the email envelope shows below your name when posting.
Uncheck this box and the envelope should then not appear for public viewing/use. 8)

[system]

I see what you mean. No problem with that. That account already requires constant cleaning due to its connection with another website that I administer that really brings out the crazies on the news side. I only handle their forum, but that’s been for many years and all sorts of spam goes to that account. If any were coming because of here I wouldn’t notice.

Appreciate the concern, though. Guess I haven’t paid much attention for a number of years to that email thingy on this site. Just hope if anyone really wants my attention through that email account and it’s legit that they use a good subject line. “Hi, it’s me.” sure won’t work.

[schmidthouse]

@ManyQs post:7

I see what you mean. No problem with that. That account already requires constant cleaning due to its connection with another website that I administer that really brings out the crazies on the news side. I only handle their forum, but that’s been for many years and all sorts of spam goes to that account. If any were coming because of here I wouldn’t notice.

Appreciate the concern, though. Guess I haven’t paid much attention for a number of years to that email thingy on this site. Just hope if anyone really wants my attention through that email account and it’s legit that they use a good subject line. “Hi, it’s me.” sure won’t work.

No worries…Your call

[system]

Just did another computer and this time I DID receive a “Need to Restart” notice, so I guess the glitch in the one earlier this morning was simply that the popup didn’t show.

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[MikeBCda]

As a rough rule of thumb, applications which start up when windows does (like avast) will usually require a reboot after updating/upgrading so that the correct version is loaded into active memory.