Patent ID: 7571462
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus as a transfer destination, to which setting information for setting up an operating environment is transferred from another information processing apparatus, comprising: a transfer instruction information setting unit for setting a transfer instruction information to instruct a transfer process corresponding to a first user to be performed when the first user logs in and while a second user having administrator authority is logged in; a rule setting information setting unit for setting up an operating environment for the first user based on predetermined rule setting information when the first user logs in to the information processing apparatus for the first time; a login user setting information acquiring unit for acquiring the setting information of the first user from a transfer file where the setting information acquired from the other information processing apparatus as a transfer source is stored while the first user is logged in, where the transfer instruction information has been set for the first user; and, a setting information updating unit for the rule setting information with at least a part of the setting information has been acquired, and for transferring at least a part of the transfer source.