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Why Does The Computer Restart After Installing A Software Or Update

By Parul Singh - Monday, 12 December 2016 No Comments
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It is normal for most people to restart their computer after installing a software or updating their system. A restart is required because the task of replacing files cannot be done when they are being used by the operating system or other applications.Most users spend a big part of their computer lives in restarting the machine after installing a software or a system update. And it has kind of, become a habit for us to restart our machine as soon as we receive a prompt following the installation process.But why does the computer do that? More precisely, it’s the operating system which is to be blamed for taking many important minutes of our lives.A software installation may require a DLL (Dynamic Link Library) file to be replaced. But it can’t be done as the file is used by the OS or some other application. Making any changes may break something. So, a restart is required after installation process where the system is free to change the relevant files.
FILES CANNOT BE REPLACED WHEN THEY ARE IN USE.
Restarts are more common for installations and updates related to the stuff which is vital to the system. In fact, newer versions of Microsoft Windows don’t require a restart for changing most of the data in comparison to earlier versions. You might remember using MSConfig to stop a program from loading at startup. This setting is now a part of the task manager and it doesn’t require a restart anymore.In the case of Linux, the users have some ease as it doesn’t require a restart most of the time, except in the case of important stuff like a kernel upgrade. Obviously, there are processes using those files, they continue to use them. Any new process will start using the replaced files. After you restart the machine on your own, the processes using the older files start using the newer ones.Similar is the case of Apple’s MacOS where a restart is only required after a system update.if you wanna add something, please go ahead and give your feedback in below mention comment box.

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