Hi,
Thanks to everyone who responded to my post.
The various responses lead me to the conclusion that there may not be one
right answer. I have always restarted Windows, even if not asked to do so by
the installing program. Other than taking some extra time, I suppose there's
no drawback to doing so. If I get brave I may just restart at selected times;
otherwise, I may continue to restart between application installs.
Thanks again for the feedback.
Jeff
"Jeff" wrote:
Quote:
> 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