In one of my earlier posts,I had shown how to change the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) information about your Windows XP machine.
Let us take a look at how to do the same this time in Windows Vista.I will demonstrate by changing the manufacturer name and adding my blog URL in the System information screen in Vista.
The original System information screen :
OEM information is stored in the following registry location in Vista :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionOEMInformation
This contains various strings which in turn reflect the various OEM parameters.
First,I start off by changing the manufacturer name.To do this,double click the Manufacturer string and change the value to desired string (Here,I changed from Dell to AVP).
For most corporate deployments,it will be helpful if there is some kind of website address which can be viewed from the System properties.To add this,I made a new string named SupportURL with the link pointing to this blog.
On saving the changes in registry editor and bringing up the System screen (Start > Settings > Control Panel > System),this time I see the changed OEM values.
Follow the same procedure to change the system settings to it’s original value,you will need to delete the SupportURL key if website link needs to be removed.
Hope this has been an informative post.
Peace.