Patent ID: 7437721

Claim:
One or more computer-storage media having processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform acts comprising: connecting a bare computer to one or more networks, wherein the bare computer is a computer not having an operating system; requesting an initial operating system upon connecting the bare computer to the one or more networks; in response to the bare computer requesting the initial operating system, receiving instructions at a network switch directly from a deployment server connected to the one or more networks; in response to the receiving instructions at the network switch, isolating the bare computer on the one or more networks from an untrustworthy network, wherein: the untrustworthy network is capable of communicating a malicious intrusion to the bare computer when the bare computer is not isolated from the untrustworthy network; enabling the bare computer to receive the initial operating system via the one or more networks; enabling the bare computer to reboot, thereby running the initial operating system; enabling the bare computer to receive, while still isolated, an update to a software product via the one or more networks, wherein the software product is at least part of the initial operating system; enabling the bare computer to apply, while still isolated, the update to the software product; and instructing the network switch to discontinue the isolation of the bare computer.