Patent ID: 7283260

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a memory to store one or more operating parameters and/or values for at least one data processing system in a first memory location, the operating parameters and/or values being pertinent to operation of the data processing system; a circuit, routine or application that is activated when a user desires access to one or more parameters and/or values from the first memory location to alter the parameters and/or values; the circuit, routine or application upon activation receives selection of parameters and/or values to be accessed and allocates memory space sufficient to store a duplicate copy of the one or more selected parameters and/or values and stores the duplicate of the one or more parameters and/or values to be accessed in at least one second memory location that is distinct from the first memory location prior to allowing access by the user to the one or more operating parameters and/or values; and the circuit, routine or application replaces one or more parameters and/or values in the first memory location with the one or more parameters and/values stored in the second memory location in the event of an indication of erroneous alterations to one or more operating parameters and/or values in the first memory by the user.