Patent ID: 7925712

Claim:
A method for operating a first computer system, comprising: upon connection of a portable media device having media playing capabilities to the first computer system, determining whether to synchronize media files on the portable media device with the first computer system or to obtain an operating system profile from the portable media device; when it is determined to obtain an operating system profile from the portable media device: accessing, on a data store associated with the first computer system, a first account specifying a first operating system environment; receiving information from the portable media device regarding a second account specifying a second operating system environment, wherein the portable media device is capable of being disconnected from the first computer system and operatively coupled to a second computer system; providing a prompt including both the first account and the second account as possible selections; receiving a selection of either the first account or the second account; and configuring an operating system in the first computer system to utilize the first operating system environment or the second operating system environment based on the selection.