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Reboot bandicoot!
Blog An old friend of mine, Download Dave, used to shout out "Reboot bandicoot! For various security and logistical reasons, I didn't have permissions to reboot the server, which is what I needed to do after updating various XML files.
[June 8, 2009, 8:52]
Google offers details on 'reboot' bug, Android fixes
News One user found it by typing the word 'reboot' in a text message. Google has begun releasing details about the vulnerabilities it patched in two updates to Google's Android operating system software in the T-Mobile G1 smartphone.
[November 12, 2008, 8:37]
Juzt-Reboot SW
Downloads Juzt-Reboot SW is a powerful software application which protects a PC's BIOS, Operating System, Applications and Data from unauthorized modification or corruption. Juzt-Reboot SW technology ensures that however grave the error or malicious...
[July 20, 2005, 16:39]
Freeserve customer duped by reboot loophole
News But the ISP has stated that it will not accept responsibility for customers who incur additional telephone charges, if they have failed to reboot their PC at the end of the installation process. Freeserve customers who fail to relaunch Internet...
[June 29, 2001, 11:19]
Reboot bandicoot!
Blog Comment That is definitely a plus for VMs. When I'm writing code especially when its Visual Studio (yuck) its really nice to be able to dump the VM containing the VS IDE in the trash. Drop a copy of the master clone image with a clean VS IDE right back...
[June 15, 2009, 9:26]
Microsoft fixes Vista SP1 endless reboot cycle
News Microsoft is resuming automatic distribution of a Vista Service Pack 1 prerequisite update that previously sent some users of the operating system into an endless reboot cycle during installation. However, now Microsoft has the problem in hand...
[April 8, 2008, 8:11]
Reboot bandicoot!
Blog Comment Hmmm, I think I signed an NDA, so no can do ;) I'm sure there _is_ a fix but the sysadmin was running around quite a bit. Setting up dev environments does seem to be quite a laborious process. I used to work at a place where the very organised...
[June 9, 2009, 9:51]
Reboot bandicoot!
Blog Comment Gee? Would you tell us which brand of server it was if we guessed correctly? Looking at the embedded links would be cheating. Something to do with tennis, badmiton or volleyball I think. There was supposed to be a fix for that.
[June 8, 2009, 22:33]
Dell product group gets reboot
News After a year many at the company would like to forget, Dell is making significant changes to its executive line-up and structure. Dell announced a new operating structure on Tuesday that divides the company's product business into new blocks.
[December 13, 2006, 7:45]
Sybase ASE 12.5.x for UNIX: Integrating "Quiesce Database" Feature With Backup and Recovery Using a NetApp Filer Without Reboot
White Papers This paper covers the techniques for integrating the quiesce database feature provided in ASE for backing up and restoring a Sybase ASE 12.5.x server (henceforth called Sybase server) for a UNIX database when a Network Appliance filer is used for...
[September 11, 2007, 1:00]
Cell phone software: Too much too soon?
News Of all the features on the Kyocera Smartphone released last month in the United States, one stood out: a "reboot" button. The reboot button is typically associated with PCs and other computing machinery, a sort of last-resort ejector seat used when...
[April 24, 2001, 12:49]
Windows Vista's new security features
Talkback Quote: "For example, all printer drivers write to the kernel, requiring a reboot" I can not ever recall having to reboot to use a printer driver on the NT codebase. Whilst I concede I may be wrong, perhaps the author would like to provide examples...
[October 5, 2005, 14:20]
No Forced Reboots for Any User
Talkback No user should be forced to reboot at an inconvenient or critical moment. The ability to delay a reboot at least long enough to conclude, and save if necessary, the current activity should be available to all users regardless of administration rights.
[August 20, 2007, 14:10]
Big Brother is in Redmond
Blog I had to reboot Debbie! I did an update on her and one of the suggested updates was a kernel update that required a reboot. I followed the message on the screen, did the reboot after everything installed and was back up and running again before I...
[May 25, 2008, 13:19]
Tablet flaw hard to swallow
Talkback Reboot once a day - "even if you don't have to"? Surely this is no problem as at least one reboot a working day on XP Regular is the norm. A daily reboot is part of a normal Microsoft working day. LUXURY!
[February 10, 2005, 16:31]
LanShutDown
Downloads LanShutDown is made for computer shutdown and/or reboot under Windows control both locally or on the net. One click to shut down or reboot a remote computer.Version 3.0.2.93 adds Polish and Thai translation as well as minor bug fixes
[July 23, 2005, 14:59]
Spy Sweeper 5 review
Reviews Setting up and installing Spy Sweeper is straightforward, although you will have to reboot. Because some of Spy Sweeper's tools reside in the system kernel of the Windows operating system, it is one of the few anti-spyware programs that requires a...
[July 18, 2006, 11:50]
SP2 trips over itself
Talkback Downloaded SP2 and when I went to reboot nothing, tried to reboot using saf mode etc, and still nothing ended up having to reinstall XP Home and then downloaded SP ( no other choice) and it worked but I spend all day installing software and drives
[August 31, 2004, 19:45]
UK immune from TiVo bug
News A TiVo software glitch is causing some set-top boxes to reboot repeatedly, though the company says it recently began uploading fixes to customers. The glitch causes the set-top box to reboot repeatedly, preventing viewers from watching their saved...
[April 19, 2001, 9:08]
Video: Vista forces unwanted reboots
News ZDNet.com executive editor David Berlind discovers a reboot feature in Microsoft's Vista operating system that he doesn't like. The feature forces users to reboot their PCs with only a short warning before it happens.
[August 6, 2007, 17:18]
