If you bought your computer from and important retailer you might have observed that when you select Properties for 'My Computer' a logo and some information about that retailer is present.

By default, Windows do not provides any such information under the My Computer properties window unless it is edited by the retailer. So what is the OEM? OEM is the acronym for Original Equipment Manufacturer. Original equipment manufacturer is a company that builds products or components which are used in products sold by another company.

Change the administrator user on Windows 8.1 and 10! You can do this via the User Account Control in Windows 8.1, 10 and MS Server Control Panel. If the PC has UEFI BIOS you'll see the OEM logo when you do a UEFI install of 8, 8.1 or Windows 10. I see that on my ASUS laptop on boot up. On my wife's laptop its an Acer logo.

Does your Windows show such information? If not, wouldn't it be cool to add your own information and logo? Yes, I know it would. But how can it be done because Microsoft did not supply any option regarding this issue? We will do a little tweak. The information does not need to be added to the registry. It is stored in an .INI file. You just need to create such a file.

Open the Notepad to create a new file. Inside place something similar to this:

[General]Manufacturer=Softpedia ComputerModel=TEST

[Support Information]Line1=Free downloads encyclopediaLine2=Line3=http://www.softpedia.comLine4=Line5=Windows, Games, Drivers, Handheld, Mac, Linux, Mobile, NewsLine6=

You can add any information to those lines. It's your option.Once you created this file save it in the format OEMINFO.INI and place it into the following folder: WindowsSystem32.

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Next step is to create a logo. The logo must be in BMP format with 256 colors. Create/edit an image and save it OEMLOGO.BMP inside the above mentioned folder: WindowsSystem32.

Note that the logo won't work alone without the OEMINFO file. So it's mandatory to have both files placed inside the System32 folder. On the other hand, OEMINFO.INI can work without the logo, which is optional.

Before adding the OEM information.

After the OEM information and logo has been added.That's all! Pretty simple, isn't it? More than that, you do not need to restart your computer either, because the information will be immediately collected by Windows and shown when you open My Computer properties. -->

OEMInformation specifies OEM support information that will display in the Get Help app in Windows 10. This information includes the OEM’s support name, and a link to either the URL of their support website, or the URL or their support app. To learn more about the Get Help app, see Customize the Get Help app.

In Windows 10, the OS disables the help components that shipped in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 including the Help and Support Windows desktop application (HelpPane.exe). HelpPane.exe will continue to exist in the box, but calls to its interfaces will result in one of two outcomes:

Format flash drive to mac. Launch Disk Utility. Connect the USB flash drive to your Mac. If there are any files on the drive you. Firstly, connect your flash drive to the Mac by inserting it to the correct USB slot. Also, go to Mac's Finder Applications Utilities and launch 'Disk Utility' from here. As the Disk Utility window would open, you. Attach the drive to your Mac. Launch Disk Utility (from Applications Utilities Disk Utility). Select the drive in the left-hand sidebar.

If the user is offline, the OS launches the Getting Started app.
If the user is online, the OS opens a browser instance and redirects the browser to an online topic.

This change affects context-sensitive (or F1) help and accessing help from the menus for apps shipped with Windows including the shell.

Child Elements

Setting	Description
SupportAppURL	URI for the OEM support app. Required, unless `SupportURL` is present, in which case it is optional. If both are supplied, `SupportAppURL` is used. Add a parameter with a unique value to identify traffic coming from the Get Help app.
SupportProvider	Name of OEM support app or website. If not provided, the default Manufacturer name (from msinfo32.exe) will be used.
SupportURL	Specifies the URL of the support website for an OEM. Required, unless `SupportAppURL` is present, in which case it is optional. If both are supplied, `SupportAppURL` is used.

Deprecated settings

Setting	Description
HelpCustomized	This setting has been deprecated. To customize the Get Help app, define `SupportURL` or `SupportAppURL` as part of your `OEMInformation`.
Logo	This setting has been deprecated. No logo is used in the Get Help app.
Manufacturer	This setting has been deprecated. The Manufacturer name displayed in the Get Help app is now based on your System Manufacturer value defined in System Information (msinfo32.exe), unless you provide a `SupportProvider` parameter as part of your `OEMInformation`. When `SupportProvider` is provided, it will override the System Manufacturer name. This enables you to differentiate the name of your support app or website from the name of your brand if desired (i.e. 'Contact Contoso Support' vs 'Contact Contoso'). For this release, if `SupportProvider` is not present but the deprecated value `Manufacturer` is, it will still be used to support upgrade scenarios.
Model	This setting has been deprecated. The Model name displayed in the Get Help app is now based on your System Product Name value, as defined in System Information (msinfo32.exe).
SupportHours	This setting has been deprecated. Support hours are not shown in the Get Help app.
SupportPhone	This setting has been deprecated. Support phone number is not shown in the Get Help app.

Valid Configuration Passes

auditUser

generalize

offlineServicing

oobeSystem

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | OEMInformation

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Applies To

For a list of the Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

XML Example

The following example shows how to set OEM information.