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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Kevin Schofield, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel Plastina, Issaquah, WA (US);
Joyce Alison Grauman, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, WA (US);
David A. Barnes, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris E. Tobey, Seattle, WA (US);
Roxanne M. Lehmann, Seattle, WA (US);
Renee Marceau, Vashon, WA (US);
William T. Flora, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric L. Van Doren, Seattle, WA (US);
Virginia E. Howlett, Seattle, WA (US);
Isaac J. Heizer, Woodinville, WA (US);
David A. Bolnick, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computer system having a video display runs an operating system that provides a desktop environment to a user and a file system. The desktop environment has associated systems settings that affect the desktop environment. In this method, a first set of values for at least a portion of the system settings are stored in a storage device in a computer network so that the first set of values is visible in the file system. A second set of values, for the same portion of the system settings for which values are stored in the first set of values, is also stored in the storage device such that the second set of values is visible in the file system. In response to a choice by the user between the first set of values and the second set of values, the system settings are updated to have the values specified by the chosen set of values.