Real world guys. People have better things to do with their lives and computers than to make excuses for vendors who think their app is the most important thing going. I routinely gather information or run processes or apps for 8 hours at a stretch or more. I really dont need to sit there all 8 hours just to make sure MS doesn't screw the pooch by "saving me from myself". I make sure my users PCs are restarted on a regular basis and most people do it anyway.

My users don't need the aggrevation either. And yes this process does loose or screw up data even if the shut down command is clean.

Des may be better off staying out of IT.