Anyway, I've verified that DF isn't the cause of any of my UI corruptions because I've had it happen when DF had not been running. I've long suspected the graphics card (and install environment) and have a request in for a newer card. A reboot always cleans things up for awhile.

The only components that get replaced are DF components, and the one that is sometimes locked are the hook DLLs. Whether or not the hooks are released fast enough seems to depend on the applications that are currently running. Some applications don't release the hooks before the installation starts, and a reboot is required. There isn't much I can do about this unfortunately, sorry.

Ben, been a while sine I have been here.

What OS are you running? Windows 7 and I have yet to had a required restart of my OS after an update... (well, Beta updates, anyway) - cannot remember whether it happens on final product releases or not)....

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Nm, I see from http://www.binaryfortress.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1912.msg9276#msg9276 that you are running XP.

This is going to sound extremely strange, but can you give me 1) specs on your video card, 2) the last several times you have cleaned the computer (as in dust interior, removing all components and giving them a good airing out, etc - like a spring cleaning), 3) your anti-virus / malware / suite that you use, and 4) any over clocking at all that you may perform? You regular resolution as well would be beneficial....

1 and 2 actually ahve nothing to do with this issue at all, 3 defintiely does, and 4 *may*.

However, 1 and 2 I ma asking b/c of that other thread, where you're getting display corruption - I over taxed my GeFore MX440 by running high res on dual monitors (it was marketed as an MX400 with dual monitor outputs, but I was not that into the cards at the time and didn't realize that while it supported dual monitors, running 1600 X 120 on both was actually killing my GPU), and it wasn't until I replaced it with my x1650 Pro that I realized that all of my problems with XP and screen deterioration lay not in drivers, not in software, but in pure hardware failure. I am suspecting that this may, in fact, be the case for those odd errors with the screen corruption.

For this issue, Next time you get a notification that DF needs to update, manually download the file, disconnect from the Internet, temporarily turn off your AV / AM / suite, and update - and see if it still needs to reboot. And if you OC (especially video) try turning that off first before updating as well (IIRC, I don't think you fool with OCing, but had to throw that in there just in case).