Changing System Info

[Macca]

Hi,

Is there any way I can change the area in control
panel/system general tab where my computer displays the
maunfacturer and support imformation?

Many thanks

 

[David Candy]

System Properties is the property sheet that opens when My Computer is right clicked and Properties is chosen.

There are two files that need to be in c:\windows\system, OemInfo.ini and OemLogo.bmp.

OemLogo.Bmp works best as a 16 colour (but can be higher) bitmap with a maximun size of approximately 100 high x 160 wide pixels. Use MS Paint to create.

The logo in the picture was made with Wordart in Microsoft Word. Then pasted into MS Paint and saved as a 256 color bitmap. 256 colours was used because it stopped the shadow from dithering.



Copy the below lines into a file called OemInfo.ini in the c:\windows\system32 directory. There is no need to reboot to see changes.

; Sample OEMINFO.INI
; 3/23/95
; This file contains manufacturer, model and support information
; that is displayed in the system control panel.
; Manufacturer and Model are displayed on System.General page
; Manufacturer is a required field
[general]
;Be careful not to leave any trailing spaces after your manufacturer name!
Manufacturer=Your Name
Model=Your Model No.
; The [OEMSpecific] keys are not displayed,
; but may be used by the OEM for system-specific information.

[OEMSpecific]
SubModel=0000000 ;optional additional oem info
SerialNo=0000000 ;etc.
;OEM1=Your private info ;etc.
;OEM2=More private info ;etc.
; Support Info displayed when "Support Information..." button selected
[Support Information]
Line1=For Technical Support:
Line2= Call whoever
Line3=
Line4=
Line5=
Line6=
Line7=
Line8=
Line10= There is no line 9 so line 10 does not get displayed

This registry file alters the text that appears in the System Properties property sheet. This is the text that appears underneath the OemInfo text.

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0]
"VendorIdentifier"="Cyrix"
"Identifier"="6x86(tm)"

 

[Mark Weinreb]

Hi,

Is there any way I can change the area in control
panel/system general tab where my computer displays the
maunfacturer and support imformation?

Many thanks

Look in the Windows/system directory for two files, one called oemlogo.bmp
which is the optional graphic displayed bottom-left on the system properties
page, the other file is oeminfo.ini, which is a text file which contains all
the text you're looking for.
The format of the text file should by self-explanatory.

 

[Guest]

I'll post new thread but my manufacturer's logo which covers the entire screen at startup. This inturn blocks the script that runs at startup. Any idea where I can remove this logo.
Thanks and I apologise for "intruding" on your thread.

 

[Sharon F]

I'll post new thread but my manufacturer's logo which covers the entire screen at startup. This inturn blocks the script that runs at startup. Any idea where I can remove this logo.
Thanks and I apologise for "intruding" on your thread.

You could try pressing Esc. Sometimes that works to dismiss the logo
screen.