Why do we support host restarts but not individual app restarts?
While we do support host restarts, we don’t support restarting individual applications. Host restarts offer a consistent, reliable way to apply updates across the entire system.
Restarting apps individually would require complex, tailored logic for each application, something that adds risk and more frequent user interaction. To keep things safe and maintainable, we avoid app-specific restarts and rely on full system reboots instead.
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Does SecTeer VulnDetect support updating of per-user installed applications?
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How many applications do you support detection for?
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Is there any limitation on how many hosts/endpoints/systems you can support through VulnDetect?
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Does SecTeer VulnDetect support driver updates through the Windows Update function?
Drivers are supported via Windows Update, to the extent that the drivers are available via the Windows Update (server) endpoint that is configured on the host.