Patent ID: 7912929
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method in a client-server environment, to manage a configuration of resources on at least one client, the method on a client system comprising: receiving a set of one or more configuration files from a server, the set of configuration files are identical to the set of configuration files received by other client systems attached to the server, and wherein the set of configuration files were previously built through use of a graphical interface, and without a need to create client specific logon scripts, and the set of configuration files contains at least one defined configuration setting; and in response to a logon authentication and at least one predefined runtime condition of at least one of a site and a domain being validated, executing an application program that takes the set of one or more configuration files and applies the defined configuration setting to the client system so as to automatically configure at least one configuration setting for at least one user on the client system, and wherein the application executes after the client system boots-up, loads an operating system and before an operating system shell is presented to the user.