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In my previous corpo, we had some third-party software that would show an (unkillable) ticking clock counting hours to the forced maintenance reboot (starting a
by jakub_g 8y ago
In my previous corpo, we had some third-party software that would show an (unkillable) ticking clock counting hours to the forced maintenance reboot (starting at 12 hrs) when the admin has scheduled the updates installation. Predictable and much better than not saying anything, and silently rebooting when I go to get a tea with 10 apps opened.
- cptskippy 8y ago> Predictable and much better than not saying anything, and silently rebooting when I go to get a tea with 10 apps opened. According to the process flow diagram in the article, that won't happen unless you were working outside of your Active Hours and left your computer unattended for more than 15 minutes. The Active Hours window can be an 18 hour window.
- Mirioron 8y agoMust suck for those times you need to do 24 hours of work, huh?
- sisu2019 8y agothis reminds me of those kinds of discussions with teenagers where every ridiculous escalation of hypotheticals comes with a triumphant "ah ah, HA why should I do my homework at all beleaguered on all sides by paper eating dogs as I am". You don't work 24h and if you do, you shouldn't. If you still do well then make sure to check updates before your "shift"
- jobigoud 8y agoI don't work 24 hours but my computer often work while I sleep.
- cptskippy 8y agoThat sounds like a job for a Server...
- Mirioron 8y agoAnd then fix all the things that the update breaks?
- cptskippy 8y agoIf your workflow routinely brakes from updates then you probably need to reevaluate your whole setup.