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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
May. 22, 2000
Martin Wilde, Aloha, OR (US);
Thomas Ashby, Beaverton, OR (US);
Atul Kumar Mathur, Beaverton, OR (US);
Computer Associates Think, Inc., Islandia, NY (US);
Abstract
A method an apparatus for providing personalization parameters to allow an operating system to install itself on a computer system with the provided personalization parameters. A first operating system personalization file is used by the operating system to configure itself. A personalization parameters file is provided and read by an operating system installation process which is initiated in the computer system. The operating system installation process then displays a graphical user interface from which a user to selects personalization parameters with which the operating system is to configure itself. An editing module is executed to edit the operating system configuration file to include at least a portion of the selected personalization parameters so that the operating system is configured with the selected personalization parameters when it installs itself.