Patent ID: 7469278

Claim:
A method in a client-server environment, to manage a configuration of resources on at least one client system, the method on a client system comprising: receiving at least one local run-time environmental condition including at least one condition based on whether at least one of: i) a CPU in a client system is one of a mobile type; ii) a PC Card driver is started in a client system; iii) a PC Card is inserted in a socket in a client system; iv) a system battery is present in a client system; and v) an interruptible power suppler (UPS) is connected to a client system; to determine whether one or more selectable configuration settings are applied on the client system, wherein the one or more selectable configuration settings are previously set graphically using a graphical user interface with one or more user selectable configuration settings therein; and determining if the environmental condition indicates that the client system is a portable system, wherein the determining if the environmental condition is met where the client system is a portable system includes assigning a confidence value to each of the following: a client CPU is a mobile type; a PC Card driver is started; a PC Card is inserted in a socket; a system battery is present; an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is connected; and a portable power scheme is selected in an operating system and using one or more of the confidence values to determine if the client system is a portable system; and in response to the environmental condition indicating that the client system is a portable system then applying at least one of the one or more selectable configuration settings on the client system.