Can you change System Manufacturer and System Model in XP

[Paul]

Hi all,

I have made up 2 PC's from scratch. BOTH have XP on them.

When I type dxdiag under run for DirectX, it shows these entries under
system,
as To be filled by O.E.M.

Can I change these to what I want?? If so, how??

 

[WTC]

Hi all,

I have made up 2 PC's from scratch. BOTH have XP on them.

When I type dxdiag under run for DirectX, it shows these entries under
system,
as To be filled by O.E.M.

Can I change these to what I want?? If so, how??

This may help you
http://www.systemsmedic.com/WinTips.htm#OEM

 

[V Green]

Hi all,

I have made up 2 PC's from scratch. BOTH have XP on them.

When I type dxdiag under run for DirectX, it shows these entries under
system,
as To be filled by O.E.M.

Can I change these to what I want?? If so, how??

Why?

It will make NO difference whatsoever in how the hardware
runs if Device Manager does not show anything with yellow
exclamation marks and/or other "problems"...

Ego thing? Want to see your name in lights, as it were?

 

[Paul]

No. Coz I feel like it.

Whats device manager got to do with it??

Nothing. If u cant reply with a sensible answer V
dont reply to my post. Thanx Will. I'll check it out

 

[V Green]

No. Coz I feel like it.

Whats device manager got to do with it??

Lots. If everything there is listed as functioning correctly,
there's no benefit to be gained from doing what you're trying
to do.

Nothing. If u cant reply with a sensible answer V
dont reply to my post. Thanx Will. I'll check it out

I am replying with a sensible answer.

Screwing with Registry settings for no reason
is perhaps asking for trouble.

Changing the settings you wish to change, if that
can indeed be done, will have no effect on system operation,
and potentially can mess things up, so why do it?

 

[V Green]

No. Coz I feel like it.

Whats device manager got to do with it??

Nothing. If u cant reply with a sensible answer V
dont reply to my post. Thanx Will. I'll check it out

Anyway, you seem very determined to do this so:

start Regedit

navigate to:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
WindowsUpdate\OemInfo]

and see if the stuff you want to change is there.

I have NO idea what will happen if you do.

For God's sake, backup everything before you change it...

 

[WTC]

Lots. If everything there is listed as functioning correctly,
there's no benefit to be gained from doing what you're trying
to do.


I am replying with a sensible answer.

Screwing with Registry settings for no reason
is perhaps asking for trouble.

There is no messing with the registry for this. No harm will be done, all it
is a ini file which OEMs or a Custom Builder to identify their name,
computer model and support info.

 

[Pop]

Paul wrote:
....

There's one of these in every group of people anywhere. It's lonely and has
no friends who aren't wise to its rantings and lack of personality or
interpersonal skills. Don't sweat it, ignore it, and it'll go away mumbling
to itself.

I like the idea from that windows tips post and am going to try it. Oh, and
it's none of anyone else's business why I want it; I just do.

If a person can't keep its yap shut when it has nothing to say, it should go
back to its corner or under a bridge and resume squatting in its own filth.\

Pop

 

[WTC]

Paul wrote:
...


There's one of these in every group of people anywhere. It's lonely and
has no friends who aren't wise to its rantings and lack of personality or
interpersonal skills. Don't sweat it, ignore it, and it'll go away
mumbling to itself.

I like the idea from that windows tips post and am going to try it. Oh,
and it's none of anyone else's business why I want it; I just do.

If a person can't keep its yap shut when it has nothing to say, it should
go back to its corner or under a bridge and resume squatting in its own
filth.\

Pop

In that tip those files are actually located in the system32 folder, not the
system folder.

 

[Pop]

....

Lots. If everything there is listed as functioning correctly,

===> Wrong. It's got nothing to do with the OPs question.

there's no benefit to be gained from doing what you're trying

===> You don't know that. Don't measure everyone else's by the length of
yours. So you don't measure up; who cares?

....===> Agreed.

I am replying with a sensible answer.

===> No, you're not replying with a sensible "answer" because it is not
addressing any question that was asked. You are trying to give unsolicited
advice, much as a spammer would do.

Screwing with Registry settings for no reason
is perhaps asking for trouble.

===> Yes, and? Perhaps it's not, either. You make no sense.

Changing the settings you wish to change, if that
can indeed be done, will have no effect on system operation,
and potentially can mess things up, so why do it?

===> Who said it would have an impact on system operation? Only you.
"Why do it?" Are you really that thick? Of course you aren't; we know what
you are. Ever fish for bass? You're like one of their turds. A bass turd.

....===> What's that got to do with anything the OP asked?
===> I know I'd like to. But, I wouldn't exactly call filling in something
that an OEM is supposed to fill in, ego. In fact, I'd call it a bit of
refreshing honesty and a willingness to accept responsibility for his
actions.
But you wouldn't know what that's about, would you? Honesty if what you
aren't all about. So is willingness to accept responsibility - I can tell
from your whorish speech patterns.

Pop

 

[Pop]

V Green wrote the response of the truly illiterate coder:
....

start Regedit

navigate to:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
WindowsUpdate\OemInfo]

and see if the stuff you want to change is there.

I have NO idea what will happen if you do.

For God's sake, backup everything before you change it...

....

Why/how does this have anything to do with God? How do you even know the
poster believes in the same God or god that you do? Why is your advice
related to God? Why would you want someone else to do something for the
sake of God? I think there's a rule somewhere about that, not sure ...

Wipe yourself; you're done. And so am I.

Pop

 

[V Green]

There is no messing with the registry for this. No harm will be done, all it
is a ini file which OEMs or a Custom Builder to identify their name,
computer model and support info.

Sorry, but you are wrong.

the OEMINFO.INI file changes ONLY the stuff that appears in
the System Properties screen, it has nothing at all to do with the
info that is displayed in DXDIAG.

I do not even have an OEMINFO.INF file on the system, yet
the "System Information" fields on the opening screen of
DXDIAG are all fully populated when I run it. The information
shown there is coming from somewhere else.

 

[V Green]

V Green wrote the response of the truly illiterate coder:
...

start Regedit

navigate to:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
WindowsUpdate\OemInfo]

and see if the stuff you want to change is there.

I have NO idea what will happen if you do.

For God's sake, backup everything before you change it...

...

Why/how does this have anything to do with God? How do you even know the
poster believes in the same God or god that you do? Why is your advice
related to God? Why would you want someone else to do something for the
sake of God? I think there's a rule somewhere about that, not sure ...

Wipe yourself; you're done. And so am I.

Pop

and just to think I was being accused of posting an irrelevant
response...

Good "Lord" Pop, get a life...

I will emphasize my statements with language of my own choosing,
thanks very much.

 

[WTC]

Sorry, but you are wrong.

the OEMINFO.INI file changes ONLY the stuff that appears in
the System Properties screen, it has nothing at all to do with the
info that is displayed in DXDIAG.

After re-reading the OP's orignial post, I now realize, he was asking about
OEM info for directX. Shame on me for thinking he was talking about the
System Properties.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi all,

I have made up 2 PC's from scratch. BOTH have XP on them.

When I type dxdiag under run for DirectX, it shows these entries under
system,
as To be filled by O.E.M.

Can I change these to what I want?? If so, how??

Simply create and modify as desired the
c:\windows\system32\oeminfo.ini and
c:\windows\system32\oemlogo.bmp files.


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[Bruce Chambers]

It will make NO difference whatsoever in how the hardware
runs if Device Manager does not show anything with yellow
exclamation marks and/or other "problems"...

What does the Device Manager have to do with the OP's question? Had to
post a completely irrelevant reply just to see your name in the newsgroup?


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[Bruce Chambers]

Lots. If everything there is listed as functioning correctly,
there's no benefit to be gained from doing what you're trying
to do.

Wrong. The Device Manager has absolutely *nothing* to the name and
logo displayed on the Systems Properties General Tab.

I am replying with a sensible answer.

No, you reply wasn't even relevant to the question asked, much less
"sensible."

Screwing with Registry settings for no reason
is perhaps asking for trouble.

And what has the registry to do with the topic under discussion? If
you're so completely unaware of what the question was about, why'd you
bother to answer?

Changing the settings you wish to change, if that
can indeed be done, will have no effect on system operation,
and potentially can mess things up, so why do it?

Since the "settings" the OP wishes to change cannot possibly have any
detrimental affect, why shouldn't he customize his PC as he desires?





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Bruce Chambers

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[Bruce Chambers]

Hi all,

I have made up 2 PC's from scratch. BOTH have XP on them.

When I type dxdiag under run for DirectX, it shows these entries under
system,
as To be filled by O.E.M.

Can I change these to what I want?? If so, how??

I'm afraid that specific information is being read directly
from the motherboard's chipset. Only the motherboard manufacturer
would have the option of having the information so embedded.

The only place I'm aware of that allows the PC owner to specific
such things is on the General Tab of My Computer's Properties. This
displayed information is partially controlled by
%WinDir%\System32\Oeminfo.ini and %WinDir%\System32\Oemlogo.bmp.


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Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
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[Bruce Chambers]

Wrong. The Device Manager has absolutely *nothing* to the name and
logo displayed on the Systems Properties General Tab.





No, you reply wasn't even relevant to the question asked, much less
"sensible."




And what has the registry to do with the topic under discussion? If
you're so completely unaware of what the question was about, why'd you
bother to answer?




Since the "settings" the OP wishes to change cannot possibly have
any detrimental affect, why shouldn't he customize his PC as he desires?

My mistake. I was the one who misread the OP's question. I apologize.


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Bruce Chambers

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both at once. - RAH

 

[V Green]

I'm afraid that specific information is being read directly
from the motherboard's chipset. Only the motherboard manufacturer
would have the option of having the information so embedded.

So, you FINALLY understood what the OP wants to do, after
popping off in the previous responses and providing a "solution"
that has absolutely nothing to do with the *actual* issue and had already
been well-covered by another post.

For future reference: it is often beneficial to read ALL the postings
in the thread, and THEN formulate your response.

I am done with this. Have a nice day.