Oct 31, 2019 OEM or Original Equipment Manufacturer means your copy of Windows came installed on your computer and is licensed to that computer for its lifespan. Nowadays, most of these licenses are embedded in the BIOS or UEFI firmware. OEM licenses are standard with brand name computers, including Dell, Hewlett, Packard, Compaq, etc.
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- Default OEM logo is located at C:WindowsSystem32oobeinfo which is a.bmp file of a specific size. In order to modify the OEM logo you need to place another picture of your choice and it should be of the same size. You need to place the picture at the above location and also you need to modify the default from the registry.
Windows 10 allows you to add, edit or remove OEM Support Information. It is special information which can be added by the hardware vendor to display his logo and name, PC model, support phone number, support URL and operating hours. This information is visible in the System -> About page in Settings and in System Properties in the classic Control Panel.
Today, we will see how to edit, add or remove this OEM Support Information in Windows 10. The whole data is stored in the Registry, so you can customize it easily. The OEM logo is a *.bmp file which is also easy to create or replace.
Here is an example of OEM Support Information set in Windows 10. In System Properties it looks as follows:
In Settings, it looks the same information except for the logo.
To Change or Add OEM Support Information in Windows 10, do the following.
Open Registry Editor and go to the following Registry key
Tip: You can access any desired Registry key with one click.
If this key do not exist, then just create it.
Here you can create one of the following string values. Note: If you want to omit some portion of the information from the OEM Support Information text block, you can remove the appropriate parameter.
Manufacturer - this string value stores the vendor's name. Specify the desired text you want see in the Manufacturer section.
Model - this string value stores the model of your PC.
SupportHours - this string value can be used to specify the support hours you want to be displayed.
SupportPhone - this string value specifies the OEM telephone number to call for support.
Note: The value data of SupportHours and SupportPhone is limited to 256 characters and shouldn't be longer.
SupportURL - this string value stores a link to the vendor's web site. It will be shown as the 'online support' link.
Logo - the string value 'Logo' should contain the full path to the BMP file which represents the logo of the PC vendor. The image should fit the following requirements.
- Dimensions: 120x120 pixels.
- Color depth: 32 bit.
- Format: *.BMP file.
Here you can download a sample Registry file which you can open with Notepad and customize according to your personal preferences.
You can save your time and use Winaero Tweaker instead. It comes with the following feature:
You can download it here: Download Winaero Tweaker.
That's it.
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Windows 10 displays information about the make, model and name of your device within the Settings app and Control Panel system page. Usually, you won’t notice anything wrong with this information. However, if you’ve just reinstalled Windows or built your own computer, you might find all the values are showing as “To Be Filled By O.E.M.”
Of course, this has no impact on the functionality of your system. But if you’re anything like this author, you want to give your new self-build PC its own identity – so read on to find out how to change these values to something more useful.
This process does involve editing the Windows Registry, so we’ll leave a standard warning here: although we don’t see how tweaking manufacturer information can negatively impact your system, this isn’t officially supported by Microsoft and it may stop working in the future. Take care when editing the registry; unintentional, malformed or misconfigured edits can cause serious trouble.
To get going, open the Registry Editor (hit the Start button and type regedit). If you’re not an administrator, you will be prompted to reauthenticate as one.
Using the address bar at the top of the window, paste or type the following key:
Note that older versions of Windows 10 don’t have an address bar in the Registry Editor, so you’ll need to manually navigate through the folder-like structure to find the key.
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What you’ll see depends on whether your system already has manufacturer information. If it does, you should see several keys besides “(Default)” in the right pane which define different properties of your system. You can double-click these keys to edit their value after following the instructions below.
If you’ve just installed Windows and Control Panel displays your manufacturer information as “To Be Filled By O.E.M,” you’ll probably just have the sole “(Default)” key. When following the instructions below, you’ll need to create new keys for each property – right-click anywhere in the right pane and choose New > String Value. Be careful to ensure its name exactly matches that of your intended property. You can then set its value by double-clicking it.
The available properties are as follows:
- Manufacturer – The manufacturer name to display for your device
- Model – The model name to display for your device
- SupportHours – Used to display manufacturer support information
- SupportPhone – Used to display manufacturer support information
- SupportURL – Used to display manufacturer support information
- Logo – A path to a bitmap format image to use as your manufacturer “logo”; you’ll need to experiment with sizes and formats
Each of these properties is entirely optional – if you’re building your own system, you’ll probably want to omit the support-related ones.
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By way of example, let’s suppose you want your PC’s manufacturer to display as “On MSFT” and none of the keys currently exist on your system.
Right-click in the registry editor window, and choose New > String Value. Name the key “Manufacturer” and then double-click it to set its value. Type “On MSFT.”
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After editing the keys, you’ll be able to open Control Panel > System and Security > System to see your new information – no reboot required.