Patent ID: 7093284

Claim:
A network system for preventing recurrence of a duplicate system outage, comprising: a server coupled to a network bus; an operating system executing on said server; said operating system including components comprising: an ABEND processing section; a logon authorization section; and a command processing section; a data storage device operably connected to said server; a persistent storage area included in said data storage device, said persistent storage area including: user ID files including user account records associated with users of said network system, said user account records storing user IDs; an exemption list; an offending user ID field; and modifying modules associated with said operating system; and at least one workstation operably coupled to said network bus; wherein upon an outage occurrence, said modifying modules cause said operating system to determine a user ID responsible for said outage occurrence, selectively lock out a workstation associated with said user ID, and upon system resolution, reinstate access to said user ID.