Pre-installation environment used by operating systems

• US 8,607,037 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2011
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tang, Jian, Gao, Heng-Liang
• Primary Examiner(s): ELAMIN, ABDELMONIEM I
• Application Number:
  US13/153,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20120124352A1
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 713/1, 713/2, 713180-183, 726/3, 726/4, 726/17, 726/19
• US Class Current: 713/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4406 Loading of operating system

Abstract

A pre-installation environment used by an operating system includes a pre-installation kit, a running unit, and a write inhibiting unit. The running unit is used for running the pre-installation kit, and generating an inhibiting signal when running to call the executable files for configuring network environment. The write inhibiting unit is used for inhibiting information generated by running the executable files from being written into a log file in response to the inhibiting signal.

Claims

1. A pre-installation environment used by an operating system, comprising:

a pre-installation kit;

a running unit for running the pre-installation kit, and generating an inhibiting signal when running to call executable files for configuring a network environment; and

a write inhibiting unit for inhibiting information, generated by running the executable files, from being written into a log file in response to the inhibiting signal so that the pre-installation environment starts quickly.

2. The pre-installation environment according to claim 1, wherein the write inhibiting unit inhibits the running information from being written into the log file by setting the log file as a read-only file.

3. The pre-installation environment according to claim 1, wherein the write inhibiting unit inhibits the running information from being written into the log file by adding a new input item into the pre-installation environment configuration file of the registry, and then setting the value of the new input item as 0×

00000101.

4. The pre-installation environment according to claim 1, wherein the log file is Setupapi.log, and the executable files are factory.exe and netcfg.exe.

5. The pre-installation environment according to claim 1, wherein the operating system is WINDOWS, the pre-installation environment is WINDOWS PE, and the pre-installation kit is WINDOWS OPK.

6. The pre-installation environment according to claim 1, further comprising a login unit, the running unit being further used for generating a login signal when running to prompt a user to login in the text mode user interface of the pre-installation environment;

the login unit being used for amending script files in response to the login signal to automatically input the user name and password.

7. The pre-installation environment according to claim 6, wherein the login unit automatically inputs the user name and password by adding first codes into all script files in the directory of Remotelnstall\OSChooser, and adding second codes into the script file login.osc;

the first codes are META ACTION=AUTOENTER, and the second codes are VALUE=Administrator and VALUE=Password.

8. A pre-installation environment used by an operating system, comprising:

a pre-installation kit;

a running unit for running the pre-installation kit, and generating a login signal when running to prompt a user to login in the text mode user interface of the pre-installation environment; and

a login unit for amending script files in response to the login signal to automatically input the user name and password.

9. The pre-installation environment according to claim 8, wherein the login unit automatically inputs the user name and password by adding first codes into all script files in the directory of Remotelnstall\OSChooser, and adding second codes into the script file login.osc;

the first codes are META ACTION=AUTOENTER, and the second codes are VALUE=Administrator and VALUE=Password.

10. The pre-installation environment according to claim 8, wherein the operating system is WINDOWS, the pre-installation environment is WINDOWS PE, and the pre-installation kit is WINDOWS OPK.

11. The pre-installation environment according to claim 8, further comprising a write inhibiting unit, the running unit being further used for generating an inhibiting signal when running to call executable files for configuring a network environment;

the write inhibiting unit being used for inhibiting information, generated by running the executable files, from being written into a log file in response to the inhibiting signal so that the pre-installation environment starts quickly.

12. The pre-installation environment according to claim 11, wherein the write inhibiting unit inhibits the running information from being written into the log file by setting the log file as a read-only file.

13. The pre-installation environment according to claim 11, wherein the write inhibiting unit inhibits the running information from being written into the log file by adding a new input item into the pre-installation environment configuration file of the registry, and then setting the value of the new input item as 0×

00000101.

14. The pre-installation environment according to claim 11, wherein the log file is Setupapi.log, and the executable files are factory.exe and netcfg.exe.