Verdere uitwerking van mijn post in het geblokkeerde topic https://www.security.nl/posting/660428#posting660510, naar aanleiding van kritiek hierop. Microsoft zelf stelt hierover het volgende: Why you may be prompted to restart your computer after you install a security update on a Windows-based computer After you install a security update, you may be prompted to restart your computer if one of the following conditions is true: - The security update updates a DLL that is loaded in one or more processes that are required by Windows. The security update cannot be completed while the DLL is loaded. Therefore, the security update must stop the process that causes the DLL to be loaded. Stopping the process will unload the DLL that is required to complete the update. However, the process in which the DLL is loaded cannot be stopped while Windows is running. For example, the security update that is described in security bulletin MS04-011 updates many DLLs that are loaded in core operating system processes that ...