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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1998
Erin Marie Bourke-Dunphy, Seattle, WA (US);
Kartik Nadipuram Raghavan, Seattle, WA (US);
George Jenkins, Redmond, WA (US);
Bill Ingle, Redmond, WA (US);
Keith Logan, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An improved method and system for integrating a client computer into a computer network is described. At the server, information is taken from a user's account, user input, and the server registry and a series of application configuration files is generated for use by an installation program. A client set-up program automatically configures the client computer for communication with the server. An installation manager installs application programs from the server to the client computer, configuring them according to the application configuration files.