Patent ID: 8103747
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A tangible, non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by a target computer system to: create a first operating system on the target computer system, wherein the target computer system includes a first network device; copy an entire backup image created from a source computer system to the target computer system, wherein the backup image includes a second operating system, wherein copying the backup image to the target computer system installs the second operating system on the target computer system, wherein the second operating system includes registry information, wherein network settings for a second network device of the source computer system are included in the registry information; analyze the registry information of the second operating system to determine the network settings for the second network device of the source computer system; analyze information of the first operating system to determine information regarding the first network device of the target computer system; configure a setup program to use the information regarding the first network device and the network settings determined by analyzing the registry information of the second operating system to automatically apply the network settings to the first network device of the target computer system after the backup image has been copied to the target computer system; and remove the first operating system from the target computer system.