Computer system for preventing the disabling of content blocking software functionality therein, and method therefor
First Claim
1. A computer system configured for preventing the disabling or circumventing of content blocking software functionality to be installed at time of manufacture therein, comprising:
- a housing, the housing enclosing a hard drive and a processor,operating system software stored on the hard drive and implemented by the processor,a display on which icons, features, lists and menus representative of executable programs of the operating system software are displayable,means for turning off system restore prior to installation of the content blocking software onto the computer system,means for hiding content blocking software-related features once the content blocking software is installed, wherein the means for hiding content blocking software-related features further includes;
means for hiding the content blocking software from an add/remove programs list of executable programs that is part of the operating system software and displayable on the display,means for hiding a content blocking software installation directory that is part of the operating system software and displayable on the display, andmeans for hiding a tray icon for the content blocking software that is displayable on the display,means for preventing booting of the computer system from external sources,means for preventing modifying of BIOS settings of the computer system, andmeans for disabling selected advanced troubleshooting tools in the operating system software.
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Abstract
In a computer system having a hard drive and a processor, operating system software stored on the hard drive and implemented by the processor, and a display on which icons, features, lists and menus representative of executable programs of the operating system software are displayable, there is a method for preventing the disabling or circumventing of content blocking software functionality to be installed in the computer system at time of manufacture. In the method, system restore is turned off prior to installation of the content blocking software onto the computer system, and then content blocking software-related features are hid once the content blocking software is installed. The method includes preventing booting of the computer system from external sources, preventing modifying of BIOS settings of the computer system, and the disabling of selected advanced troubleshooting tools in the operating system software.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer system configured for preventing the disabling or circumventing of content blocking software functionality to be installed at time of manufacture therein, comprising:
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a housing, the housing enclosing a hard drive and a processor, operating system software stored on the hard drive and implemented by the processor, a display on which icons, features, lists and menus representative of executable programs of the operating system software are displayable, means for turning off system restore prior to installation of the content blocking software onto the computer system, means for hiding content blocking software-related features once the content blocking software is installed, wherein the means for hiding content blocking software-related features further includes; means for hiding the content blocking software from an add/remove programs list of executable programs that is part of the operating system software and displayable on the display, means for hiding a content blocking software installation directory that is part of the operating system software and displayable on the display, and means for hiding a tray icon for the content blocking software that is displayable on the display, means for preventing booting of the computer system from external sources, means for preventing modifying of BIOS settings of the computer system, and means for disabling selected advanced troubleshooting tools in the operating system software. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a computer system having a hard drive and a processor, operating system software stored on the hard drive and implemented by the processor, and a display on which icons, features, lists and menus representative of executable programs of the operating system software are displayable, a method for preventing the disabling or circumventing of content blocking software functionality to be installed in the computer system at time of manufacture, comprising:
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turning off system restore prior to installation of the content blocking software onto the computer system, hiding content blocking software-related features once the content blocking software is installed, wherein hiding the content blocking software-related features further includes; hiding the content blocking software from an add/remove programs list of executable programs that is part of the operating system software and displayable on the display, hiding a content blocking software installation directory that is part of the operating system software and displayable on the display, and hiding a tray icon for the content blocking software that is displayable on the display, preventing booting of the computer system from external sources, preventing modifying of BIOS settings of the computer system, and disabling selected advanced troubleshooting tools in the operating system software. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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