Patent ID: 8171276

Claim:
A computer implemented process for automatically performing a plurality of computer bootups, the computer implemented process comprising: configuring a computer by entering a number of reboots, activating instructions to disable login authentication for the number of reboots and activating instructions to disable startup programs not required to install new software during the number of reboots; responsive to entering the number of reboots and activating the instructions to disable login authentications during the number of reboots and activating instructions to disable startup programs not required to install new software during the number of reboots, the computer installing the new software with the login authentications disabled and the startup programs not required to install the new software disabled; and responsive to the plurality of computer bootups equaling the number of reboots, restoring the computer to a normal operating condition that includes re-enabling the login authentication and the startup programs not required to install the new software.