Application pop up dialogs are driving me crazy!

[orcinus]

Originally Posted by Snappy!

That "can I reboot?" thingie is also pretty annoying. For goodness sake, why is it that so many updates require a reboot. I recall that a 'Best Practice' from MS to be that installations and updates should not require a reboot. It makes me wonder ... with Dynamically Loaded Libraries (dlls) ... why can't the updated code be reloaded without a reboot. I think such a 'feature' would be twice as appreciated than aero GUI.

Try not rebooting every now and then... You'll find that most apps and installers that "require" rebooting actually work just fine without rebooting. It's a stupid stone-age precaution that just won't die...

In fact, the more or less only thing in Vista and XP that actually DOES require rebooting on installation are hardware abstraction thingies and driver thingamajigs.

[Robert Marquard]

Originally Posted by orcinus

No, but it shows pop-ups, doesn't it?

No it doesn't. Once in a while the current app loses focus and gets it back some time later. any chars entered are of course lost.

[orcinus]

Originally Posted by Robert Marquard

No it doesn't. Once in a while the current app loses focus and gets it back some time later. any chars entered are of course lost.

That's... pretty weird...
Does it happen with something beside Zone Alarm?

[Robert Marquard]

Nope.
Happens only with the newest update also. The one now showing a Z icon.

[pitcher23]

I hear ya. I am using vista and while playing a MMORPG, occasionally a popup stating that media center is connecting to update the program guide, pops up. I inadvertently hit a key while playing and Media Center starts up. In the meantime I am frozen out of the game till media center finishes loading and I exit it only to find my character taking a dirtnap.

[Snappy!]

Originally Posted by orcinus

Try not rebooting every now and then... You'll find that most apps and installers that "require" rebooting actually work just fine without rebooting. It's a stupid stone-age precaution that just won't die...

In fact, the more or less only thing in Vista and XP that actually DOES require rebooting on installation are hardware abstraction thingies and driver thingamajigs.

I know, and that's why I almost never reboot XP, except for that annoying Windows "must reboot" prompt bugs the hell out of me. ... that or when I dual-boot to ubuntu.

[johnnaryry]

Originally Posted by Leaping Gnome

I don't remember having this problem on OSX...

I'm with you, never had this problem. It seems that OSX always leaves (default mode?) the active window/app on top, giving you an alert sound (or screen-flash), allowing you to make the decision about who gets your attention and when...

--ryan