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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2001
Ryan Burkhardt, Redmond, WA (US);
Seetharaman Harikrishnan, Redmond, WA (US);
Tom Yaryan, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Bond, Duvall, WA (US);
Vijesh Shetty, Issaquah, WA (US);
Vijayachandran Jayaseelan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ryan Burkhardt, Redmond, WA (US);
Seetharaman Harikrishnan, Redmond, WA (US);
Tom Yaryan, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Bond, Duvall, WA (US);
Vijesh Shetty, Issaquah, WA (US);
Vijayachandran Jayaseelan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of creating and employing an operating system (OS) image having selected functionality. A user, such as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of personal computers (PCs) or an information technology professional, selects a set of OS components from a plurality of OS components available in an installation OS image. The selected set of OS components is installed as the OS image on a computer readable medium such as a CD-ROM. The OS image includes a script for interacting with the OS image to perform functions desired by a user, such as booting a destination computer and installing a reference OS image or recovering the destination computer from a failed installation of the reference OS image.