| 摘要 |
<p>A system and method for monitoring a computer, particularly a pay-per-use computer, usesan isolated computing environment or supervisor. The isolated computing environmentboots prior to any boot device associated with an operating system, runs concurrentlywith the operating system and monitors and measures the computer in operation.Once the isolated computing environment determines the computer is not in compliancewith the required policies, the isolated computing environment may either imposean impediment to use such as slowing clock speed or completely disable the operatingsystem. The user may have to return the computer to a service provider to restoreit from the offending condition and reset the computer to an operational state.</p> |
