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echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
lol


so windows wants me to restart. I came home to this blue window. the tray icon for restarting has a RED DOT and this threatening message

at "risk" of being "out of date"? mate, my pc my choice


gently caress off would ya. I purposely turned off every possible thing so it wont force me to restart but god its trying sooo hard. like whats so important?

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Poohs Packin
Jan 13, 2019

I got a Compaq running Windows ME that I haven't restarted since 2003. The drive sounds like scraping a hockey stick across pavement every time I try to close Bonzi Buddy.

animist
Aug 28, 2018
i use linux and so can choose to apply updates and reboot whenever i want :smug:

it just doesn't always start up again afterwards

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

i read the thread title and am confused to why you haven’t rebooted

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

so i take it you restart yuour computers regularly, op?

Plank Walker
Aug 11, 2005
just lmao if you don't use your figgies to just hire someone to restart your computers

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

animist posted:

it just doesn't always start up again afterwards

that's why you're never supposed to restart your computer duh

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
there go my five nines

Best Bi Geek Squid
Mar 25, 2016
confirmed op. I restarted my computer a couple of days ago and im also a complete loving failure

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
I found the bitmap of “it is now safe to shut down your computer” on my brother’s windows 95 machine and added “, jerk” at the end. he never figured out how to undo that.

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007

animist posted:

i use linux and so can choose to apply updates and reboot whenever i want :smug:

it just doesn't always start up again afterwards

tbf neither does windows ecks

TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

Maybe your computer should start up correctly the first time op

mystes
May 31, 2006

echinopsis posted:

lol


so windows wants me to restart. I came home to this blue window. the tray icon for restarting has a RED DOT and this threatening message

at "risk" of being "out of date"? mate, my pc my choice


gently caress off would ya. I purposely turned off every possible thing so it wont force me to restart but god its trying sooo hard. like whats so important?
Updating your computer is the digital equivalent of wearing a mask, OP.

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
it’s the digital equivalent of wearing diapers actuallt

Jabor
Jul 16, 2010

#1 Loser at SpaceChem
sounds like you need to restart your computer :xd:

Chewbaccanator
Apr 7, 2010
you can also shut it down, let it update and then wander into the wilderness to never be seen again, op

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




my non-farm employer enforces mandatory computer update restarts every 2nd Monday at 0930hrs when I have no work to do and can wait for the Remote Desktop to take minutes to beam my desktop from a “cloud based service”.

it’s fun.

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

windows updates are excellent and i wish they would happen more often

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP31lluUDWU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMPeTrHNX1U

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




it’s fun to reboot, op

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

it feels good, like putting on a fresh pair of socks

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

n00bs

Zlodo
Nov 25, 2006
everytime I think I've finally stopped being a huge loser my computer needs a reboot :negative:

Hammerite
Mar 9, 2007

And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.
Jade Ear Joe
This Office has been Loser-Free for 6️⃣ Days

cowboy beepboop
Feb 24, 2001

my comp[uter reboots very fast "its good" i say, every time I need to do it

suffix
Jul 27, 2013

Wheeee!
how long do you have to wait between shutting down and starting again before it is no longer a restart?

Pardot
Jul 25, 2001




suffix posted:

how long do you have to wait between shutting down and starting again before it is no longer a restart?

10 seconds

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

mystes posted:

Updating your computer is the digital equivalent of wearing a mask, OP.

cowboy beepboop
Feb 24, 2001

suffix posted:

how long do you have to wait between shutting down and starting again before it is no longer a restart?

until the fans stop

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


cross this one off your list lol

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
restart this thread with a better post op

my homie dhall
Dec 9, 2010

honey, oh please, it's just a machine

echinopsis posted:

it’s the digital equivalent of wearing diapers actuallt

dont sign ur posts

my homie dhall
Dec 9, 2010

honey, oh please, it's just a machine
restarting computers is my entire job & it pays pretty well OP

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
yeah well I still haven’t restarted mine since starting this thread and it’s still asking me daily

Jabor
Jul 16, 2010

#1 Loser at SpaceChem

echinopsis posted:

yeah well I still haven’t restarted mine since starting this thread and it’s still asking me daily

if you can justify to immigration that new zealand doesn't have any class A legitimate losers you can hire, you could give one of the yospos americans a job as a computer restarter so that they can flee their failing country

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
i don’t even know where the restart button is on my mac

Best Bi Geek Squid
Mar 25, 2016
i restarted my computer by accident last night because I jostled the power cord just right and it turned off. pretty loser thing to do

President Beep
Apr 30, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)
i get around this by calling the power company and canceling and then re establishing my service whenever my computer needs to update. works like a charm.

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
mate, I go out and shoot down power cables until we get a blackout

George
Nov 27, 2004

No love for your made-up things.
i just restarted your computer

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Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

picturing the whole of yospos just constantly restarting their computers

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