Patent ID: 6664979
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a computer system having a video display and running an operating system that provides a desktop environment to a user and a file system, said computer system being connected to a network, said desktop environment having associated system settings that affect the desktop environment, a method comprising the steps of:storing in a storage device in said network a first set of values for at least a portion of the system settings so that the first set of values is visible in the file system; storing in the storage device a second set of values for the same portion of the system settings for which values are stored in the first set of values so that the second set of values is visible in the file system; and in response to a user choice between the first set of values and the second set of values, downloading the values of the set of values that has been chosen by the user and updating the systems settings to have the values of the set of values that has been chosen by the user.