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Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2003
Applicants:

Curt A. Steeb, Redmond, WA (US);

Munisamy Prabu, Redmond, WA (US);

Zeyong Xu, Issaquah, WA (US);

Martin L. Holladay, Bremerton, WA (US);

Paul C. Sutton, Seattle, WA (US);

Raymond D. Pedrizetti, Sammamish, WA (US);

Inventors:

Curt A. Steeb, Redmond, WA (US);

Munisamy Prabu, Redmond, WA (US);

Zeyong Xu, Issaquah, WA (US);

Martin L. Holladay, Bremerton, WA (US);

Paul C. Sutton, Seattle, WA (US);

Raymond D. Pedrizetti, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Multiple devices on which operating systems can be automatically deployed are managed. According to one aspect, an apparatus manages installation of operating systems on a plurality of computing devices. The installation is performed across the plurality of computing devices both concurrently and asynchronously.


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