Patent ID: 7185334
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A software on a computer system tool for installing a software component on a server computer system, comprising: a user interface component that renders a plurality of setup prompts to a user, suppresses at least one of the plurality of setup prompts and obtains a user command; a setup component that senses an attribute of a registry of the server computer system, which attribute is associated with a low functionality suite package and a higher functionality suite package, the setup component selectively provides at least one of a standard setup prompt, an additional setup prompt and a substitute setup prompt, and selectively suppresses at least one setup prompt according to the attribute, and selectively installs the software component on the server computer system according to the user command; and a prompt counter that tracks a number of setup prompts provided to the user until a maximum prompt value has been exceeded, once the maximum prompt value has been reached, a setup operation is performed according to the user command obtained from the setup plurality of prompts.