Abstract: A method for installing programs, settings and configurations in a network of a plurality of server and client computers is provided which involves the steps of designating one of said server computers having an interactive display interface to function as the primary server computer, preloading all of the programs to be installed in said server and client computers of the network into the primary server computer and running a sequence of the keystroke and cursor entries required to install said selected components and programs on said server and client computers as recorded in a data file representative of said sequence of entries stored in said primary server computer, whereby said programs and components are automatically loaded into the respective server and client computers in said network requiring said programs and components.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 14, 1998
Date of Patent:
March 13, 2001
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Jeffrey Randell Dean, Jeffrey Langdon Howard, Ingrid Milagros Rodriguez