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Home > People > toejam > Guides

Brand Your Vista Machine

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By toejam on 01 March 2007

Copy the following into Notepad and modify the values to your own needs which are bold: 

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OEMInformation]
"Logo"="C:\\Whatever\\Whatever"
"Manufacturer"="Whatever"
"Model"="Whatever"
"SupportPhone"="Whatever"
"SupportUrl"="www.whatever"   If you want to hit an email  addy:  malto:XXX@XXX.XXX
"SupportHours"="Whatever" 

 

Create your Oem Logo with a maximum dimension of 120 x 120 pixels 32 or 24bit BMP (Bitmap Image)

Dump the image to where ever you like, not forgetting to modify the "logo"= line in your reg file above to the location on your machine where it resides.

In Notepad save the above file as a " .reg " file. Now execute the file after you have placed the bmp image to your chosen directory.

 
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darqstarr
Works nice thanks
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10/03/07 | 09:35
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JayMc
This is nice work... but is it possible for you to send me a Home Premium image like your Ultimate...
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25/03/07 | 10:59
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kevdyas
Please can you post a link to various Vista images such as that shown.
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06/04/07 | 10:30
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JayMc
Hey i've found the link....

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/42614838/
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10/06/07 | 04:12
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Cecil Britton
This is a neat tip that I tried to take advantage of but hit a problem instead. For some reason opening the .reg file I created does nothing. In the past (XP or Win 2k) double clicking and opening a text file with the "reg" extension would automatically execute the file and change the registry.

Has something changed withe Vista? I have UAC turned off so I don't think it is a permissions problem.

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13/08/07 | 06:36
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Cecil Britton
I am answering my own message, brilliant huh? I now know that your have to have a first line in the text file that reads "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00"

That line gets the file to run. Now I only have to find out why it refuses to add the line that refers to the logo file location.

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14/08/07 | 02:50
Cecil Britton
I am answering my own message, brilliant huh? I now know that your have to have a first line in the text file that reads "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00"

That line gets the file to run. Now I only have to find out why it refuses to add the line that refers to the logo file location.

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22/12/07 | 08:21
Cecil Britton
I am answering my own message, brilliant huh? I now know that your have to have a first line in the text file that reads "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00"

That line gets the file to run. Now I only have to find out why it refuses to add the line that refers to the logo file location.

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14/01/08 | 10:07
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