System and method for booting device corresponding software if it does not conflict with a program currently running when a device is connected to an information handling system
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Apr 30, 2013
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Sep 2, 2010
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Feb 23, 2010
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Mar 2, 2009
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A boot control method of a program in an information processing apparatus to which a device can be connected, the method including a search step of searching for a running program that is running on the information processing apparatus when the device is connected, a determination step of determining whether the running program found in the search step includes a program unfit for concurrent running that is unsuited for concurrent running with preset device-corresponding software that is booted in response to connection of the device, and a boot step of booting the device-corresponding software if the running program does not include the program unfit for concurrent running and performing control so as not to boot the device-corresponding software if the running program includes the software unfit for concurrent running.
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