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title: "Always Reboot Before Brewing (ARBB!)"
description: "**It's always best to start with a clean reboot before starting a brewing session!** **This makes sure no pending Windows updates are going to reboot your computer in the middle of your brewing session.** **It also cleans up the memory…"
url: "https://www.smallbrewcompanion.com/docs/always-reboot-before-brewing-arbb/"
updated: "2024-02-24"
category: Troubleshooting
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# Always Reboot Before Brewing (ARBB!)

**It's always best to start with a clean reboot before starting a brewing session!**

**This makes sure no pending Windows updates are going to reboot your computer in the middle of your brewing session.**

**It also cleans up the memory that is being used as some programs will sometimes leave things in memory even after you have closed the program.**

**Allows for a clean start of SBC in case you have had it running for a while.**

**It only takes a minute and can prevent a lot of issues! Simply click on the start button.**

![](https://www.smallbrewcompanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/image.png)

**Then the Power Icon.**

![](https://www.smallbrewcompanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/image-1.png)

**And then the Restart option.**

![](https://www.smallbrewcompanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/image-2.png)

**After your computer has finished rebooting make sure to turn on the Windows Mobile Hotspot and then run SBC.**