Patent ID: 7596785

Claim:
A method implemented at least in part by a computing device comprising: receiving a bill of materials that includes user-specific information describing identity of a prospective user of an operating system, the user-specific information comprising the user's name and profession; and developing an image of an operating system to be installed on a computer, the image of the operating system being pre-populated with the user-specific information; installing the operating system on the computer for the prospective user based on the developed image of the operating system, the installing comprising: retrieving the user-specific information for the prospective user from the image of the operating system through a setup application; integrating the user-specific information into the operating system on the computer; determining, based at least in part on the profession of which the user-specific information is comprised, which one or more functionalities of the operating system to install on the computer for the prospective user, the one or more functionalities of the operating system being related to the profession of the prospective user; and installing, upon the determining, the one or more functionalities of the operating system on the computer, wherein: the setup application is an integrated program of the operating system; and the determining and the installing the one or more functionalities of the operating system occur concurrently during installation of the operating system.