Patent ID: 6161176
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for transferring configuration settings from a first computer to a second computer, the configuration settings including a first setting in a registry maintained by an operating system on the first computer and a second setting in an individual file associated with an application on the first computer, which when executed perform steps comprising:(a) reading an initialization file containing a list of the configuration settings, the list including the first setting and the second setting, the initialization file further containing a location for the first setting and a location for the second setting, the location for the first setting being in the registry, and the location of the second setting being in the individual file associated with the application on the first computer;(b) retrieving the first setting from the location for the first setting;(c) retrieving the second setting from the location for the second setting; and(d) writing the first setting and the second setting to a settings file, the settings file being capable of transport to the second computer.