When buying the computer of the OEM type (see article "Better than a custom pc or a pre-assembled computer (OEM)"> If you buy a custom pc from a computer store, on the other hand, there may be no information or there is store data. When installing Windows from scratch, there is definitely no information about the computer manufacturer.
What I'm talking about is the data written in the Windows screen which can be viewed by clicking on the " System " icon from the Control Panel or by right-clicking on " computer " and entering the properties.
The information is Model, Manufacturer, Support website, phone number, manufacturer logo and several others.
Even if there is no real utility, changing this information can be fun by putting your own names and directions.
To change, add and delete basic computer information, you only need to make changes to some registry keys in Windows 7 and also Windows 8 and Windows 10.
As usual, I remember that you have to be careful when you go to touch the registry keys because an error could compromise the functioning of the computer.
To open the registry keys, go to the start menu, search for regedit and open the registry editor.
From the folder menu on the right, open the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ OEMInformation
If the PC has already been marked by the manufacturer or by the seller, then you will see some values on the right which are:
Manufacturer
SupportHours
SupportPhone
SupportURL
Logo
These can be modified by writing whatever you want.
If, however, there is nothing, then you have to add the values by hand ..
Then right-click on the blank in the space on the right, press New> String value and add Manufacturer
Double click on Manufacturer and write whatever you want, for example Navigaweb.net .
Then add SupportURL and write the name of a trusted site that becomes clickable from the system page, for example, //www.navigaweb.net/ .
If you want to do something even nicer, you can add the logo.
Then add the value Logo and indicate the file to be used which must be an image from the bmp format with dimensions 100x100.
If you want to use a photo, open it with the Irfanview program and then save it as a BMP image.
By default, the logo is the one found in C: \ Windows \ System32 \ oemlogo.bmp .
Any changes take effect after restarting the computer.
Finally, I remember that in an easier way it is always possible to change the name of the PC .
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