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Nothing. They just keep using the old version of the lib and thus potentially vulnerable.


Yes, but they continue to run while the library is being updated. That's the point. They can get restarted once the update process finishes, which takes a lot less time than be shut down, wait for update, and be started again.

From what I know, Windows doesn't allow a library to be replaced until it's not used by anything, which is more intrusive and is IMO the root cause (though indirect) why people hate updating Windows.




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