A priori le hot patching a etait inclu a partir du SP1 de Windows 2003 :
Hot patching
One of my own personal favorites is the hot patching feature that allows you to patch your system binaries even if they are currently in use. By actually patching the binaries in memory, this new feature will significantly reduce the number of reboots required for hotfixes. You will still need to reboot after updating kernel-level binaries, but as always, the fewer reboots the better.
[^] # Re: YMMV...
Posté par Fabien Engels . En réponse au journal Fiable le manchot ?. Évalué à 2.
src: http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/312
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