Patent ID: 8713360
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for registry key management in a computer network, the method comprising: detecting registry keys stored in a registry of each of a plurality of client computing devices; storing on a remote database a copy of the registry keys of each of the plurality of client computing devices, the remote database being in network communication with each of the plurality of client computing devices; modifying the copy of the registry keys of a first one of the plurality of client computing devices on the remote database to reflect modifications to the registry of the first client computing device; detecting an upgrade or change of an operating system installed on the first client computing device; accessing a data structure in the remote database that indicates whether the first client computing device is a part of a group for which one or more particular ones of the registry keys are to be installed; and automatically reinstalling registry keys on the first client computing device based on the copy of the registry keys stored on the remote database and the information in the data structure.