Method and apparatus for remote modification of system configuration
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1. A system, comprising:
- a server computing device including logic to send at least a portion of an up-to-date version of a client system settings configuration and handling information to identify an active update or a passive update to a client computing device;
the client computing device including logic tocompare the at least portion of the up-to-date version of the client system settings configuration with a current version of the client system settings configuration being utilized on the client computing device;
determine whether the current version of the client system settings configuration needs to be updated;
determine whether a change on the current version of the client system settings can be made without rebooting the client computing device based at least in part on the handling information; and
update the current version of the client system settings configuration being utilized on the client computing device, based at least in part on the at least portion of the up-to-date version of the client system settings configuration received from the server computing device without rebooting the client computing device when said update can be made without rebooting the client computing device.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for updating the system configuration settings of a computer system Embodiments include a remote system configuration system that enables a user to update the system configuration of a target machine from a server machine over a network or similar communications system. Another embodiment includes a system configuration method using a bus master device to write system configuration data into a target computer system.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a server computing device including logic to send at least a portion of an up-to-date version of a client system settings configuration and handling information to identify an active update or a passive update to a client computing device; the client computing device including logic to compare the at least portion of the up-to-date version of the client system settings configuration with a current version of the client system settings configuration being utilized on the client computing device; determine whether the current version of the client system settings configuration needs to be updated; determine whether a change on the current version of the client system settings can be made without rebooting the client computing device based at least in part on the handling information; and update the current version of the client system settings configuration being utilized on the client computing device, based at least in part on the at least portion of the up-to-date version of the client system settings configuration received from the server computing device without rebooting the client computing device when said update can be made without rebooting the client computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 15)
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6. A client computing device, comprising:
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a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; and logic operable on the processor to;
retrieve an up-to-date version of a client system settings configuration and handling information to identify an active update or a passive update from a server computing device;determine whether one or more settings in the up-to-date version of the client system settings configuration are modified from a corresponding one or more settings in a current version of the client system settings configuration being utilized on the client computing device; and in response to at least one of the one or more settings in the up-to-date version of the client system settings configuration being modified, update the current version of the client system settings configuration being utilized on the client computing device according to the handling information and the at least one of the one or more modified settings in the up-to-date version of the client system settings configuration without rebooting the client computing device when said update can be made without rebooting the client computing device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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