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Mechanism for intuitively invoking one or more auxiliary programs during a computer booting process

  • US 7,082,526 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2003
  • Issued: 07/25/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a computer comprising a basic input-output system (BIOS), one or more auxiliary programs, and an operating system separate from the one or more auxiliary programs, a method for booting the computer, comprising:

  • executing the BIOS;

    executing one or more of the auxiliary programs, wherein control is transferred from the BIOS to one or more of the auxiliary programs;

    saving, by the one or more of the auxiliary programs, a set of environmental settings that define a current environment for the computer;

    determining by the one or more of the auxiliary programs whether to continue booting the computer;

    in response to a determination not to continue booting the computer, continuing to execute the one or more of the auxiliary programs without executing the operating system;

    in response to a determination to continue booting the computer, performing the steps of;

    (a) restoring, by the one or more of the auxiliary programs, the set of environmental settings;

    (b) terminating execution of the one or more auxiliary programs; and

    (c) executing the operating system, wherein control is transferred from the one or more auxiliary programs to the operating system without rebooting the computer.

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