Patent ID: 8806474

Claim:
A method executed by a processor for circumventing hardware-dependent software installation locks in a computer system environment, the method comprising: operating, by a computer system environment having a first hardware component set satisfying minimum requirements, imposed by installation requirements of a selected software package, with respect to at least one of the group consisting of processor speed, processor architecture, main memory capacity, and secondary storage capacity; the operating, wherein the first hardware component set includes a secondary storage device having adequate storage space to satisfy the minimum requirements; creating a single partitition on the secondary storage device utilizing the entire storage capacity thereof; installing, by the computer system environment, the selected software package, comprising running software installation routines; if the first hardware component set indeed satisfies the minimum requirements and the software installation for the first hardware component set is successful, then operating a second computer system environment, having a second hardware component set in place of the first hardware set, wherein at least one hardware component in the second hardware component set does not satisfy the minimum requirements imposed by the installation requirements of the selected software package; running the selected software package, by the second computer system environment, on the second hardware component set; if the selected software package successfully runs on the second hardware component set, then recording the second hardware component set as a set for hardware component circumvention of the hardware-dependent software installation locks.