Windows tells you if you need to restart. Restarts are inevitable anyway..
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"Jeff" <Jeff@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have always been under the impression that once a software program is
> installed on a Windows machine, Windows should be restarted. I believe it
> had
> something to do with the writing of information to the registry.
>
> I recently purchased a new system. I am preparing to reload all of the
> software that I used on a regular basis. Depending on how many programs I
> feel I need for my current workload, this will be anywhere between 50 and
> 125
> programs.
>
> Is it "ideal" to restart Windows after the installation of each program?
> (Or
> in some cases between the installation of a suite of software (such as MS
> Office).)
>
> I'm not looking to do any more than necessary; but, I'm not looking to cut
> corners either.
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> Jeff