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harinder
why is it not necessary to reboot system after installing
some software in winxp
some software in winxp
M
Mike Brannigan [MSFT]
harinder said:
Because certain files may be updated that are currently in use by the
operating system and thus can only be swapped out for the new ones on a
reboot.
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Jim Macklin
Better code, different system, previous versions of Windows
are based on old DOS code, XP is based on NT (New
Technology) so some things are different.
It depends on what the software author requires with which
OS. I still think a reboot isn't a bad idea. With XP or
any other OS, a reboot is like washing the blackboard of all
the chalk dust.
| why is it not necessary to reboot system after installing
| some software in winxp
are based on old DOS code, XP is based on NT (New
Technology) so some things are different.
It depends on what the software author requires with which
OS. I still think a reboot isn't a bad idea. With XP or
any other OS, a reboot is like washing the blackboard of all
the chalk dust.
| why is it not necessary to reboot system after installing
| some software in winxp
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Kelly
Hi Mike,
Great to see you here. Hope all is well.
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Chek
Jim,
NT is a reminder that it was Canada's Northern Telecom that developed the NT
kernel.
Otherwise the MS slogan 'based on NT technology' would be extremely
tautologous.
I can well believe SB trying to rewrite history, but please, let's not do it
for him eh?
Chek
NT is a reminder that it was Canada's Northern Telecom that developed the NT
kernel.
Otherwise the MS slogan 'based on NT technology' would be extremely
tautologous.
I can well believe SB trying to rewrite history, but please, let's not do it
for him eh?
Chek
M
Mike Brannigan [MSFT]
Chek said:
Chek,
Northern Telecom of Canada had nothing to do with the Microsoft Windows NT
kernel.
This was developed by one of our teams lead by Dave Cutler.
(and yes the "built on NT technology" seems odd but was approved by
marketing)
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Gordon Burgess-Parker
Mike said:
Particularly as NT itself stands for "New Technology", therefore NT
Technology REALLY means - New Technology Technology!
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Chek
Mike,
As I understood it, David Cutler was working for Digital developing the OS
that became NT (for Northern Telecom) prior to going to Microsoft in the
late 80's
Microsoft did not release their NT OS until 92 or 93.
It's a story I remember from my training days (analogous to Xerox's GUI
being refined by MS into Windows).
It seems plausible in the way that the telecoms industry was the driving
force behind most digital switching development in pre mass computer times.
So is the story completely wrong, or is there an element of substance there?
Not that it really matters, but it does appeal to my liking for little
known facts.
Chek
As I understood it, David Cutler was working for Digital developing the OS
that became NT (for Northern Telecom) prior to going to Microsoft in the
late 80's
Microsoft did not release their NT OS until 92 or 93.
It's a story I remember from my training days (analogous to Xerox's GUI
being refined by MS into Windows).
It seems plausible in the way that the telecoms industry was the driving
force behind most digital switching development in pre mass computer times.
So is the story completely wrong, or is there an element of substance there?
Not that it really matters, but it does appeal to my liking for little
known facts.
Chek
S
SunSpot
Gordon Burgess-Parker said:
OK, now my head hurts. ;-)
M
Mike Brannigan [MSFT]
Chek,
Dave Cutler joined Microsoft in October 1988 to lead the team that took 4
years to develop Microsoft Windows NT.
Prior to that he was with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) where he first
built a real time system called RSX-11M for the PDP-11 16-bit systems. He
then went on to lead the team for the VAX-11 architecture OS that was to
become know as VMS. After VMS Dave went on to work on developing compliers
and then led the group that built Digitals first MicroVAX workstation the
MicroVAX 1. Finally meeting up with Bill in the Summer of 1988 and joining
later that year.
The NT moniker has nothing to do with Northern Telecom, the most popular
story apart from "New Technology" Hence Windows NT, is the one around the
naming of HAL in the book 2001:A Space Odyssey.
If you are unaware of it, it goes something like :-
Take IBM and go down one letter of the alphabet to get HAL
Take VMS and go UP one letter yields WNT (Windows NT)
Which is of course almost certainly untrue - but a nice story
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Mike
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Dave Cutler joined Microsoft in October 1988 to lead the team that took 4
years to develop Microsoft Windows NT.
Prior to that he was with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) where he first
built a real time system called RSX-11M for the PDP-11 16-bit systems. He
then went on to lead the team for the VAX-11 architecture OS that was to
become know as VMS. After VMS Dave went on to work on developing compliers
and then led the group that built Digitals first MicroVAX workstation the
MicroVAX 1. Finally meeting up with Bill in the Summer of 1988 and joining
later that year.
The NT moniker has nothing to do with Northern Telecom, the most popular
story apart from "New Technology" Hence Windows NT, is the one around the
naming of HAL in the book 2001:A Space Odyssey.
If you are unaware of it, it goes something like :-
Take IBM and go down one letter of the alphabet to get HAL
Take VMS and go UP one letter yields WNT (Windows NT)
Which is of course almost certainly untrue - but a nice story
--
Regards,
Mike
--
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Patrick
Gordon said:
Really nearly, nearly really means (really), really nearly.
Meaning ... eh, something to do with really, nearly or NT-(n)ologys.
(my brain hurts)
K
Ken Blake
In
Although "NT" originally stood for "New Technology," Microsoft
currrently say that it stands for nothing. So, from their
perspective, it's not really redundant.
Gordon Burgess-Parker said:
Although "NT" originally stood for "New Technology," Microsoft
currrently say that it stands for nothing. So, from their
perspective, it's not really redundant.
G
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Ken said:
So it's "No Technology"!
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Hermes
Ken Blake, while listening to the voices in their head blather on
endlessly about inspecific gibberish, typed:
|| In || Gordon Burgess-Parker <[email protected]> typed:
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||| Mike Brannigan [MSFT] wrote:
||||
|||| (and yes the "built on NT technology" seems odd but was approved by
|||| marketing)
|||
||| Particularly as NT itself stands for "New Technology", therefore NT
||| Technology REALLY means - New Technology Technology!
||
||
||
|| Although "NT" originally stood for "New Technology," Microsoft
|| currrently say that it stands for nothing. So, from their
|| perspective, it's not really redundant.
||
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|| Ken Blake
|| Please reply to the newsgroup
ROFL! So Windows NT is Windows N(oth)T(ing) and Windows 2000 and Windows XP
are based on Nothing?
endlessly about inspecific gibberish, typed:
|| In || Gordon Burgess-Parker <[email protected]> typed:
||
||| Mike Brannigan [MSFT] wrote:
||||
|||| (and yes the "built on NT technology" seems odd but was approved by
|||| marketing)
|||
||| Particularly as NT itself stands for "New Technology", therefore NT
||| Technology REALLY means - New Technology Technology!
||
||
||
|| Although "NT" originally stood for "New Technology," Microsoft
|| currrently say that it stands for nothing. So, from their
|| perspective, it's not really redundant.
||
|| --
|| Ken Blake
|| Please reply to the newsgroup
ROFL! So Windows NT is Windows N(oth)T(ing) and Windows 2000 and Windows XP
are based on Nothing?