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Patent No.:

US 7401212 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2004
Applicants:

Wesley G. Miller, Austin, TX (US);

Mark Myers, Fall City, WA (US);

Inventors:

Wesley G. Miller, Austin, TX (US);

Mark Myers, Fall City, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Servicing a computer using a self-contained computer servicing device. The device includes a memory storing an operating system. The device includes a first interface for connecting the device to the computer and a second interface for connecting the device to a network. A driver for the second interface is also stored in the memory. The device accesses a bootable image of an operating system of the computer on the network via the second interface or stored on the memory. The device boots the computer by executing the operating system stored in the memory of the device and services operations of the computer according to the bootable image.


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