Hi, skeet. As mentioned in other posts (and verified by
myself before anyone else even mentioned the subject),
the vast majority of people do not require a reboot to
apply the patch.
However, with some antivirus/antispyware/firewall packages,
depending upon user preference, the changes to the Registry
will not apply until the user allows the change and the system
is rebooted.
And then there is the requirement that the user shut down
and restart MSIE before the change in MSIE's behaviour will
occur.
Since this problem is intermittent for most people, I could not
predict whether the user had MSIE open while making the
Registry change. Furthermore, since the kind of security
the user is running cannot be predicted in advance - again
I could not predict whether a reboot was required or not for
the change to be applied. Consequently, I added the reboot
recommendation as a bulletproofing item.
Rebooting does not harm anything - and it avoids some of
the reposts saying "the fix didn't work". As you found - even
then there are exceptions... <wry grin>
Best I can do for now. <tm>
Bill
