Patent ID: 8499345

Claim:
A machine-implemented method executed by an information handling system, the method comprising: receiving a user identifier from a user of the information handling system; determining, at least in part using the user identifier, whether one or more hardware settings that correspond to the user identifier have been established; responsive to a determination that one or more hardware settings that correspond to the user identifier have been established, configuring one or more hardware devices based on the one or more hardware settings; responsive to a determination that one or more hardware settings that correspond to the user identifier have not been established, determining whether establishing default hardware settings has been enabled; responsive to a determination that establishing default hardware settings has been enabled, configuring one or more hardware devices based on the one or more default hardware settings; and responsive to a determination that establishing default hardware settings has not been enabled and one or more default hardware settings exist, not configuring one or more hardware devices based on the one or more default hardware settings.