SDC and Windows Update

[jamshid666]

Sharing this as a learning lesson to help everyone else out. Last night, I was taking an exam on SDC, when the exam software started popping up notices about illegal processes: command console and powershell.  After several of those alerts, the exam software just closed to the desktop. Shortly after that, I received a desktop notification that Windows needed to restart to apply the new patches, which was a big clue as to what illegal processes were caused by. Obviously, I kind of freaked out about this, but I opened a ticket with SDC and explained the situation. Hopefully, I can get the exam reset and get to take the exam again without losing that credit towards the two free exams we get each month.

So, my learning lesson here is to open Windows Update and validate that there aren't any patches available prior to taking any proctored exam. And if patches are available, either apply them then or set Windows Update to delay any patching for a day or two. Fun times.