Branding+Your+Computer

Branding Your Computer To access that, right click on the My Computer icon on your desktop and select Properties. Some of you may have a manufacturer logo below the Windows logo. If so, how would you like to add your logo and some text there? 1.) First, an image must be created to place there. To do that use Microsoft's Paint program, which is included on all Windows computers. To access that, go to Start, All Programs, Accessories and choose Paint. 2.) Since the image can be no larger than 180x115 pixels, you need to resize the canvas. To do so, go up to Image and select Attributes. In the box that appears, select Pixels as the measurement unit and enter in the correct units. Then click OK.

3.) You can use the tools located on the toolbar to create your logo. Use the fill tool to make a black background and the text tool to make white text. You can copy and paste a small clip art of a computer. You can do whatever you want with this. Just choose something that will help personalize your computer for your very own.

4.) Now, go up to File, Save As and save the file in the directory of C:\Windows\System32 with the name of oemlogo.bmp. That does it for the logo. Now, let's move on to entering the text. Use Notepad for this part. 1.) Get to Notepad by going to Start, All Programs, Accessories, Notepad. 2.) Next, copy and paste the information below into the text area. You won't want it to be exactly the same as mine (there's more on that below), but go ahead and copy and paste it all first. Then, once you have it in Notepad, you can change everything to read what you want. That way, you'll know for sure that you have the basics entered in correctly. [General] Manufacturer=Lindburgh’sPC Model=Dell Inspiron 8100 [Support Information] Line1=This PC was created Line2=by Lindburgh Line3=Enjoy using it! Line4=*

3.) After you have that pasted in, replace everything after the equal signs (=) with your own information. You can add more lines at the end too, but be sure to use the same format. 4.) Once you have that the way you want it, go up to File and choose Save As. Again, save the file in the directory of C:\Windows\System32, but this time, under the name of oeminfo.ini. Also, be sure to change the file type to All Files instead of Text Document. If you did this correctly, the next time you check your system properties, your new information should be there. Be sure to click the Support Information link to see your custom message.

Another great mod is editing the text on the Start button. Everybody who uses your computer looks at that, so it’s a great way to express your individuality. Now, there is a manual way to execute this mod, but a nifty program called Start Button Renamer makes it much easier to do. You can download that program right here:-. [] There is no installation necessary, so just double click the icon called StartBtn.

Now, just type the text you want your Start button to read in the box and click Rename It. Viola! Your start button has been changed!  