Looks like the Windows update reboot happened to another blogger besides me. Funny, Scoble defends Windows Update saying:
When our customers are in severe danger of getting hit by criminals, you really need to make sure you get your machine patched.
Come on! My machine is sitting behind a firewall along with quite a few other machines. I've been maintaining them for years and now suddenly Microsoft can decide to reboot my machine because I'm in “severe danger”? I disagree. Microsoft assumes I'm in severe danger and assumes I don't know how to maintain my own machine. Windows update is getting dangerously close to the definition of a computer virus:
A program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes.
Rebooting my computer was definitely against my wishes. However, since I've allowed the updater to run I guess I'm to blame.