the present invention is related to a system and method for customizing a computer system . according to a first aspect of the preferred embodiment of the present invention , the method includes providing a configuration mechanism in the computer system and transmitting customization information for the computer system to the configuration mechanism . the customization information in the configuration mechanism is then retrieved by the computer system to customize the computer system . in a second aspect , a computer system includes a central processing unit , memory coupled to the cpu , and a configuration mechanism coupled to the cpu for storing customization information for the computer system , whereby the cpu retrieves during a first system boot the customization information in the configuration mechanism to automatically customize the computer system .