On Sep 26, 2004, at 2:26 AM, Chris Olson wrote: > We kill the Software Update process upon completion, and use > SystemStarter to restart affected subsystems. Open Terminal and 'man > SystemStarter' for details. Just an example of how effective this method is -- I'm a dual G4 PowerMac right now, and uptime shows: Last login: Sun Sep 26 02:25:26 on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! [PowerMacG4c:~] chris% uptime 2:29 up 307 days, 17:20, 2 users, load averages: 0.77 0.72 0.68 [PowerMacG4c:~] chris% This machine is completely up-to-date for security and software upgrades. I believe it was last rebooted sometime in November 2003 when Panther was installed in it. -- Chris