Jason E Robarts

US Patent:

20060248534, Nov 2, 2006

Filed:

May 2, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/119873

Inventors:

Richard Chinn - Seattle WA, US
Jason Robarts - Redmond WA, US
Jeromy Statia - Duvall WA, US
William Wasserstrum - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/46

US Classification:

718104000

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for configuring a plurality of computers, each of which requires interaction with at least one resource to advance a configuration state of the computer. A request for access to a resource may be received from at least one of the computers, and a resource needed may be determined. An availability of the resource needed may be determined, and the computer instructed to interact with the resource if the resource is available. If the resource is not available, the computer may be caused to not interact with the resource.