发明名称 |
COMPUTER CONFIGURATION RESTORE METHOD AND APPARATUS |
摘要 |
The invention includes a method of providing a known-good configuration for a computer, comprising storing a known-good computer configuration and restoring the known-good configuration via non-interactive user input. The configuration includes in various embodiments hardware and software configuration parameters. The known-good configuration is stored in some embodiments in computer storage such as a hard disc drive, and is loaded from storage upon restoration of the configuration. The non-interactive user input of some embodiments is a protected switch, hot key combination of keyboard keys, or is a special-purpose key or switch. The configuration is determined to be a known-good configuration to be stored in various embodiments by user determination that a configuration is good, by computer determination that the configuration is good based on a predetermined period of successful computer operation, or via other similar methods that suggest a proper configuration.
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申请公布号 |
WO0142919(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2001.06.14 |
申请号 |
WO2000IB01821 |
申请日期 |
2000.12.05 |
申请人 |
GATEWAY, INC. |
发明人 |
TOMOSON, PATRICK, H.;KROENING, JAMES, L. |
分类号 |
G06F9/445;(IPC1-7):G06F11/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F9/445 |
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