Patent ID: 8166490

Claim:
A method for setting an information handling system component to a predetermined region, the method comprising: loading a driver package on an information handling system, the driver package having plural region-specific drivers associated with a predetermined component; determining a region associated with the information handling system; wherein the determining a region further comprises: selecting the region with a command line at manufacture of the information handling system; setting an encrypted registry key that defines the region; retrieving the encrypted key; and decrypting the key; installing a region-specific driver associated with the determined region to manage the predetermined component, and managing operations of the predetermined component with the installed region-specific driver by reference to the encrypted registry key stored on the information handling system, the encrypted registry key limiting selection from the driver package to the installed region-specific driver, wherein the encrypted registry key that defines the region remains on the information handling system to ensure that the region is not changed unless the predetermined component is removed from the information handling system.