Found this little trick for Windows XP users who want to add a little personal feeling to their own system. You know when you right click on My Computer and you go to System Properties? Did you know you can edit & add some information there? Even display your own custom image?

Now, even if there is an image there already, that doesn’t mean you can go ahead and edit it with your own. To start editing, lets go to our \windows\system32\ folder and begin by adding, or editing, the file we need, oeminfo.ini. And for our image, we’ll need an oemlogo.bmp file.

First, our Properties text. This is what appears right above your computers cpu and clock speed. Open up oeminfo.ini and copy and paste the following:

[General]
Manufacturer=Company
Model=Number

Where it says Company, you’ll want to enter what you want as the first line to be, and replace Number with what you want the second line to be.

Next is the image, or custom logo. The standard that is rumor among the XP hackers is 172 x 172 but that doesn’t mean your system is restricted to these measurements. For me, I found out that 115 x 100 is nice. The image also has to be saved as a BMP file. So I edited mine in Fireworks and then optimized it for a BMP file. It came out nicely. Remember, the file name is oemlogo.bmp and it is saved into your \windows\system32\ folder. You can try different sizes and view the result instantly, no restart required. Here is mines…

Neat ‘eh? Enjoy!

Going beyond…( Support Information )

There is another part I forgot to add. Have you ever seen the little button underneath all your cpu information that says Support Information? You can edit that too! In the oeminfo.ini file, just add another section heading named [support information] and below it, put line1= and your set to add information. Here is an example:

[General]
Manufacturer=Company
Model=Number

[Support Information]
Line1=chris @ this domain
Line2=090-6867-1984
Line3=fybix.net

And your done! Now, sometimes it may not work, but that is depedant on your system. I can’t really offer any support here, but I’m sure you can google it and get you answer somewhere. If anything, ask here, and I’ll try my best to help. Adios.