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26 Apr 2024 10:36:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Another reason to hate Windows 7  
From: Alain
Date: 30 Jan 2013 14:51:33
Message: <510979c5$1@news.povray.org>

> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>> Am 29.01.2013 01:40, schrieb Chris Cason:
>>> On 28/09/2011 04:58, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>>>> I start an overnight render.  I wake up the next morning, expecting a beautiful,
>>>> polished image.
>>>>
>>>> Instead, the damn machine has gone into sleep mode!
>>>
>>> I've added a new 'Prevent sleep while rendering' option to avoid this
>>> issue. It defaults to on, which is probably what most folks would want.
>>
>> Sounds plausible indeed.
>
> That is reasonable. Another thing I do immediatelly after having purchased a new
> windows machine is to let it ask before downloading updates. Updates can cause a
> reboot which is annoying just as well.
>
> Best regards,
> Michael
>
>
When a Windows update need to reboot, it ask you and will wait untill 
you sellect "Restart now" or "Ask again in...".
There have been a few times when I had that dialog open for a few days.
Any way, I prefer the setting that download the updated, then ask to 
install them.


Alain


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