CN101826039B - System setting recovery method and computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

A system setting recovery method and a computer system, the method is applied to a computer system, the computer system includes an operating system and a software program executed under the operating system, the software program can change the settings of the operating system. The system setting recovery method includes the following steps: executing the software program; judging whether the software program needs to change an original setting of the operating system, so as to execute a backup program to record a new setting; judging whether the setting of the operating system needs to be restored, so as to execute a recovery program to compare whether an existing setting of the operating system is the same as the new setting, so as to restore the appropriate setting of the operating system. The present invention can conveniently restore the appropriate settings of the system according to the specific situation, avoiding adverse effects on the security of the system.

Description

System setting recovery method and computer system

technical field

The invention relates to a method for recovering system settings, in particular to a system setting recovery method for recovering appropriate settings of an operating system depending on the situation.

Background technique

When a software program is executed under a computer operating system, some software programs will need to change the settings of the operating system during execution to facilitate the operation of the software program or achieve certain functions. Generally speaking, before changing the system settings, this type of software program will ask the user whether to agree to change the settings, or require the user to set up to meet the environmental requirements of the program execution, but after the software program is executed, it will not These changed settings will not be automatically restored. For example, for some software programs used in file synchronization, if the files of two computers need to be synchronized, most of these software programs will require users to open shared folders and create network disk drives for their use. (such as AllwaySync); and some programs will actively open the shared folder for the user, but ask the user whether to agree to this behavior before implementation (such as Easy2Sync); but the aforementioned software programs are not responsible for the restoration of the opened shared folder Work, so if the user does not actively close the shared folder, it will affect the security of the operating system. In addition, some software programs do not clearly inform the user which system settings have been changed, which will also cause trouble for users to restore the system settings by themselves.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a system setting recovery method for recovering the proper setting of the operating system according to the situation.

In order to achieve the above object, the system setting recovery method of the present invention is applied to a computer system. The computer system includes an operating system and a software program executed under the operating system. The software program can change the setting of the operating system. The system setting restoration method of the present invention comprises the following steps: executing the software program; judging whether the software program needs to change the original setting of the operating system to execute the backup program to record the new setting; judging whether the setting of the operating system needs to be restored, Executing the restore program is used to compare whether the existing setting of the operating system is the same as the new setting, so as to restore the appropriate setting of the operating system. Thereby, the system setting restoration method of the present invention can automatically restore the computer system settings changed by the software program, so as to improve the security of the operating system; and during the execution of the software program, when the user actively changes the When setting the computer system, the system setting recovery method of the present invention can determine the change state of the computer system setting to retain the newly changed computer system setting of the user, thereby improving the convenience of use and reducing the trouble of the user.

The computer system of the present invention is applied to the aforementioned method for restoring system settings, and the computer system includes an operating system, a software program, and a module for restoring system settings. The software program is executed under the operating system, and the software program can change the setting of the operating system; the system setting recovery module is used to determine whether the software program needs to change the original setting of the operating system, to execute the backup program to record the new setting, and It is judged whether it is necessary to restore the settings of the operating system, so as to execute the restoration program to compare whether the existing settings of the operating system are the same as the new settings, so as to restore the appropriate settings of the operating system.

The present invention can conveniently restore the appropriate setting of the system according to specific conditions, and avoid adverse effects on the safety of the system.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of the computer system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the method for restoring system settings in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the backup program of the system setting recovery method of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the recovery program of the system setting recovery method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a system setting recovery method of the present invention.

The reference numerals in the above-mentioned accompanying drawings are explained as follows:

1 computer system

10 storage device

12 operating systems

14 software programs

16 system setting recovery module

20 processors

Detailed ways

In order to better understand the technical content of the present invention, the preferred embodiments are particularly described as follows.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a system block diagram of the computer system 1 of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the computer system 1 of the present invention includes a storage device 10 and a processor 20, and the storage device 10 includes an operating system 12, a software program 14 and a system setting recovery module 16; wherein the operating system 12 can be regarded as a system module The corresponding function is executed, and the software program 14 can be regarded as a setting change module to perform the corresponding function; the processor 20 is electrically connected to the storage device 10, and the operating system 12, the software program 14 or the system device can be executed by the processor 20. Set recovery module 16. The software program 14 is executed under the operating system 12 , and the software program 14 will actively change the settings of the operating system 12 in order to achieve some functions or requirements during execution. The system setting recovery module 16 is used to determine whether the software program 14 needs to change the original setting of the operating system 12 to execute the backup program to record the new setting, and to determine whether the setting of the operating system 12 needs to be restored to execute the recovery program. Compare whether the existing setting of the operating system 12 is the same as the new setting, and select and restore the appropriate setting of the operating system 12 according to the comparison result. The system setting recovery module 16 can be an application software stored in the storage device 10, a program code written into the operating system 12 or the software program 14, or in other forms to achieve the aforementioned functions, but the present invention is not intended to be limit. In addition, the settings mentioned above may include various states of the system or program, and are not limited to simple system or program options.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , which is a flow chart of the system setting recovery method of the present invention. It should be noted that, although the computer system 1 shown in FIG. 1 is used as an example to illustrate the system setting recovery method of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to be applicable to the computer system 1, any other computer systems with similar structures The system setting recovery method of the present invention is also applicable. As shown in FIG. 2 , the system setting restoration method of the present invention includes steps 210 to 230 . Each step of the automatic testing method of the present invention will be described in detail below.

First proceed to step 210 : execute the software program 14 . As shown in FIG. 1 , the system setting recovery method of the present invention is applied to the aforementioned computer system 1 . The storage device 10 of the computer system 1 includes an operating system 12 and a software program 14. When the computer system 1 loads the operating system 12, it will first enter a user login program. After the user logs in, a program of the corresponding operating system 12 can be loaded. The original setting is to enable or execute the relevant functions of the operating system 12; after the operating system 12 is loaded, the software program 14 can be executed under the environment of the operating system 12.

As shown in FIG. 2 , step 220 is performed after step 210 , wherein step 220 may include step 221 and step 222 .

Step 221 : Determine whether the software program 14 needs to change an original setting of the operating system 12 . As shown in FIG. 1 , the storage device 10 also includes a system setting recovery module 16. Since the software program 14 will actively change the original setting of the operating system 12 in order to achieve some functions or requirements during execution, it can be restored through the system setting. The restoration module 16 judges whether the running software program 14 needs to change the original setting of the operating system 12 , and decides whether to proceed to step 222 according to the judgment result.

Step 222: Execute a backup procedure. As shown in FIG. 2, when it is determined that the original setting of the operating system 12 has been changed by the software program 14, the system setting recovery module 16 may execute a backup program to record a new setting of the operating system 12, and proceed to the subsequent step 230. .

Please refer to FIG. 3 for the flowchart of the backup program of the system setting recovery method of the present invention. As shown in Figure 3, the backup program of the system setting recovery method of the present invention comprises the following steps:

Step 310 : Record the original settings of the operating system 12 . As shown in FIG. 1 , information related to the original settings of the operating system 12 can be obtained through the system setting recovery module 16 and recorded in the storage device 10 .

Step 320 : Change the original setting through the software program 14 to form a new setting. As shown in Figure 1, after the original setting record of the operating system 12 is completed, the software program 14 can execute the action of changing the setting of the operating system 12, and the changed setting of the operating system 12 will form a new setting, In order to enable the software program 14 to achieve specific functions.

Step 330: Record the new settings. As shown in FIG. 1 , the information related to the new setting of the operating system 12 can be obtained through the system setting restoration module 16 and recorded in the storage device 10 .

In addition, step 340 can be executed after step 310 : setting the recovery program to execute when the operating system 12 loads a user login program. As shown in FIG. 1 , in order to prevent the computer system 1 from crashing due to errors during the execution of the software program 14 and having to be restarted, causing the changed operating system 12 settings to fail to recover immediately, the system setting recovery module 16 The setting recovery program is automatically executed when the operating system 12 loads the user login program, so that the original settings of the appropriate operating system 12 can be restored when the computer system 1 is restarted and the operating system 12 is loaded.

Also as shown in FIG. 2 , step 230 is performed after step 220 , wherein step 230 may include step 231 and step 232 .

Step 231 : Determine whether to restore the settings of the operating system 12 . As shown in Figure 1, since the setting of the operating system 12 has been changed by the software program 14, it is judged by the system setting recovery module 16 whether there is a situation that needs to restore the setting of the operating system 12, and according to the judgment result To decide whether to proceed to step 232. The aforementioned situations that need to restore the settings of the operating system 12 include: (1) When the software program 14 has executed certain functions or the user intends to close the software program 14, the software program 14 should automatically restore the changed settings of the operating system 12. (2) when the software program 14 is abnormally closed due to an error, and the user re-executes the software program 14; (3) through the setting of the aforementioned step 340, the computer system 1 crashes during the execution of the software program 14 A restart is necessary, and the appropriate operating system 12 settings should be restored when the operating system 12 loads the user login process.

Step 232: Execute a recovery procedure. As shown in FIG. 1, when it is determined that the settings of the operating system 12 need to be restored, the system setting restoration module 16 can execute a restoration program to compare whether the existing settings of the operating system 12 are the same as the new settings, so as to adjust the settings appropriately. operating system 12 settings.

Please refer to FIG. 4 below, which is a flow chart of the restoration procedure of the system configuration restoration method of the present invention. As shown in Figure 4, the recovery program of the system setting recovery method of the present invention comprises the following steps:

Step 410: Check if there is a new setting. As shown in FIG. 1 , the system setting recovery module 16 can check whether there is a new setting recorded in the step 330 of the aforementioned backup program in the storage device 10, and when it is confirmed that there is a new setting, the step 420 can be continued. .

Step 420 : Record the existing settings of the operating system 12 . As shown in Figure 1, because the execution of the backup program and the recovery program may be separated by a period of time, during this period of time, the user may additionally change the settings of the operating system 12 due to needs, so it must be obtained through the system setting recovery module 16. The operating system 12 records the relevant information of the existing settings at the point in time when the recovery program is executed, and records it in the storage device 10 .

As shown in FIG. 4 , step 430 is performed after step 420 , wherein step 430 may include step 431 to step 434 .

Step 431 : Check whether the existing configuration is the same as the new configuration. As shown in FIG. 1 , the system setting recovery module 16 is used to compare whether the existing setting and the new setting recorded in the storage device 10 are the same. Changes to the settings of the operating system 12 may result in differences between the existing settings and the new settings.

Step 432: Restore the existing settings to the original settings. As shown in FIG. 1, when it is determined that the existing settings of the operating system 12 are the same as the new settings, the system setting recovery module 16 can restore the existing settings of the operating system 12 to the operating system according to the record file in step 310. 12 the original original settings to restore the changes made by the software program 14 to the settings of the operating system 12.

Step 433: Keep the existing settings. As shown in Figure 1, when it is judged that the existing settings of the operating system 12 are different from the new settings, it means that the user has changed the settings of the operating system 12 by himself. Therefore, the system setting recovery module 16 will keep the existing settings of the operating system 12 unchanged, so as to retain the latest settings of the user.

Step 434: Determine whether the settings of the operating system 12 have been restored. As shown in FIG. 2 , after step 432 or step 433 is executed, the system setting restoration module 16 will determine whether the setting of the operating system 12 has been restored.

In addition, step 440 may be performed after step 430 : clearing all recorded configuration backup files of the operating system 12 . Before the recovery procedure ends, the setting backup files (including original setting, new setting and existing setting) of the operating system 12 obtained in the above steps and recorded in the storage device 10 are cleared through the system setting recovery module 16, In order to prevent the existence of the old setting backup file from affecting the processing result when the computer system 1 executes the system setting recovery method of the present invention again.

Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 5 together. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a system setting recovery method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5 , in this embodiment, the software program 14 is a program for changing firewall settings. During the execution of the software program 14 , it is necessary to change the firewall settings to achieve some functions of the program. Assuming that the original setting value of the firewall of the operating system 12 is ALL, it means that all IPs can pass through the firewall. As shown in situation a, when the software program 14 changes the firewall setting value due to demand during execution, only IP: 10.36.143.168 can pass through, which is a new setting value. When the software program 14 needs to restore the firewall setting of the operating system 12, it is generally judged that the firewall setting value (existing setting value) at the point of restoration is also IP: 10.36.143.168, so the firewall setting value will be changed at last Return to the original setting value ALL.

As shown in situation b, the software program 14 changes the firewall setting value from ALL (original setting value) to IP: 10.36.143.168 (new setting value) due to demand during the execution process, assuming that the user wishes to set The IPs of all subnet domains can pass through the firewall, and the firewall setting of the operating system 12 is changed to SUBNET before the recovery program is executed. In this case, when the software program 14 needs to restore the firewall setting of the operating system 12, it is judged that the firewall setting value (existing setting value) at the recovery point is SUBNET, which is different from the new setting value, so the existing setting value will be retained. The setting value SUBNET is in accordance with the will of the user, and will not be restored to the original setting value ALL blindly.

To sum up, the present invention, regardless of its purpose, means, and efficacy, shows its characteristics that are quite different from the known technologies, which is a major breakthrough. It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are only illustrative to illustrate the principles and effects of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make modifications and changes to the embodiments without violating the technical principle and spirit of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention should be described in the following claims.

Claims (12)

1. A system setting recovery method, applied to a computer system, the computer system includes an operating system and a software program executed under the operating system, the software program can change the setting of the operating system, the system setting A specific recovery method includes the following steps: execute the software program; judging whether the software program needs to change an original setting of the operating system, so as to execute a backup program to record a new setting; Determine whether it is necessary to restore the settings of the operating system; If it is necessary to restore the setting of the operating system, execute a recovery program to check whether the new setting exists; record an existing configuration of the operating system at the point in time when the recovery procedure was performed; and Compare whether the existing setting is the same as the new setting, if the existing setting is the same as the new setting, restore the existing setting to the original setting; if the existing setting is the same as the new setting If the new setting is different, the existing setting is retained. 2. The system setting recovery method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recovery program is executed in at least one of the following situations: When the software program automatically restores the settings of the operating system; when the software program is re-executed due to abnormal shutdown, or when the operating system loads a user login program. 3. The system setting recovery method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the backup program comprises the following steps: record the original setting of the operating system; the original setting is changed by the software program to form the new setting; and Make a note of this new setting. 4. The system setting recovery method as claimed in claim 3, wherein after recording the original setting of the operating system, further comprising the following steps: The recovery program is configured to execute when the operating system loads a user login program. 5. The system setting recovery method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recovery program further comprises the following steps: Clear all recorded settings backup files for this operating system. 6. A system setting recovery module, applied to a computer system, the computer system includes an operating system and a software program executed under the operating system, the software program can change the settings of the operating system, the system The configuration recovery module includes: a module for executing the software program; A module for judging whether the software program needs to change an original setting of the operating system, so as to execute a backup program to record a new setting; a module for judging whether it is necessary to restore the settings of the operating system; A module that executes a recovery program, if it is necessary to restore the settings of the operating system, then executes the recovery program to check whether the new settings exist; a module that records an existing configuration of the operating system at the point in time when the recovery procedure is executed; A module that compares whether the existing setting is the same as the new setting, if the existing setting is the same as the new setting, restore the existing setting to the original setting; if the existing setting If the setting is different from the new setting, the existing setting is retained. 7. The system setting recovery module as claimed in claim 6, wherein the module for executing the recovery program executes the recovery program in at least one of the following situations: When the software program automatically restores the settings of the operating system, the restoration procedure is executed; The system setting recovery module executes the recovery program when the software program is re-executed due to abnormal shutdown. 8. The system setting recovery module according to claim 6, wherein the module for executing the recovery program executes the recovery program when the operating system loads a user login program. 9. The system setting recovery module as claimed in claim 6, wherein in the backup program, the system setting recovery module records the original setting and the changed new setting of the operating system in a storage device. 10. The system setting recovery module according to claim 6, wherein in the backup program, the system setting recovery module is configured to execute the recovery program when the operating system loads a user login program. 11. The system setting recovery module as claimed in claim 6, wherein in the recovery process, the system setting recovery module records the existing setting of the operating system in a storage device. 12. The system setting recovery module as claimed in claim 6, wherein all the setting backup files of the operating system recorded in a storage device are cleared by the system setting recovery module before the recovery process ends.

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