Patent ID: 8661235

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: a processor; and a firmware storage medium in communication with the processor, the firmware storage medium stores a default image invoked during a boot process and selectively stores a customized image; wherein the processor is to determine whether a task is a user-configurable task and if the task is user-configurable, the processor is to determine whether a customized image containing information pertaining to the task is stored in the firmware storage medium, and if the customized image is stored in the firmware storage medium, the processor is to perform the task using the information from the customized image, else the processor is to perform the task using information from the default image; and wherein if the task is not user-configurable, the processor is to perform the task using the information from the default image; wherein the task is to be performed as part of a boot process to configure a feature of the computer system.