Information processing apparatus and start-up control method

Abstract

According to one embodiment, if start-up of an application is abnormal after starting up the application, the information processing apparatus reports the fact to the basic input/output system (BIOS), and the BIOS locks a system.

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
 a start-up module configured to shift control to an operating system on a boot medium from a basic input/output system (BIOS), after the BIOS is started up; and   a reception module configured to cause the BIOS to perform a process of waiting for reception of a start-up completion signal from an application on the boot medium, the application being configured to transmit the start-up completion signal to the BIOS after the application is started up,   wherein the BIOS is configured to perform a predetermined process if the start-up completion signal is not received until a predetermined time period elapsed.   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined process comprises a process of sounding an alarm. 
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined process comprises a process of inhibiting a specific device to be used. 
     
     
         4 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined process comprises a process of restricting use of the information processing apparatus. 
     
     
         5 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined process comprises a process of shutting down the information processing apparatus or a process of entering the information processing apparatus in a standby state. 
     
     
         6 . A start-up control method which controls an information processing apparatus, comprising:
 shifting control to an operating system on a boot medium to start up an application on the boot medium when a basic input/output system (BIOS) has started up;   causing the BIOS to start a process to wait for reception of a start-up completion signal from the application, the application being configured to transmit the start-up completion signal to the BIOS after the application is started up; and   causing the BIOS to perform a predetermined process if the start-up completion signal is not received until a predetermined time period elapsed.   
     
     
         7 . The start-up control method of  claim 6 , wherein the predetermined process comprises a process of sounding an alarm. 
     
     
         8 . The start-up control method of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined process comprises a process of inhibiting a specific device to be used. 
     
     
         9 . The start-up control method of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined process comprises a process of restricting use of the information processing apparatus. 
     
     
         10 . The start-up control method of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined process comprises a process of shutting down the information processing apparatus or a process of entering the information processing apparatus in a standby state.