OEM logo and Support information

Kevin, Sun Weng Hong

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Jun 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/27/97

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Hi,

I'm just wondering, my company has used Windows 95 which was
preinstalled in those IBM machine and they have all that support
information and IBM logo, can I do the same in my windows 95 original
version? I've heard someone said adding a ini file in the system
directory and a bitmap file called oemlogo.ini and oemlogo.bmp will
work. But I've tried and it didn't work. So How can I do that?

Thanks,

Kevin.

Iain D. Bowie

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Jun 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/27/97

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In article: <33B3750F...@macau.ctm.net> "Kevin, Sun Weng

Try again. It does work.

Here's the layout of the OEMINFO.INI file. It belongs in your
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory along with a suitably-sized
OEMLOGO.BMP

; Sample OEMINFO.INI
; 3/23/95

; This file contains manufacturer, model and support information
; that is displayed in the system control panel.

; Manufacturer and Model are displayed on System.General page
; Manufacturer is a required field

[general]
;Be carefully not to leave any trailing spaces after your manufacturer
name!
Manufacturer=Iain D. Bowie
Model=P166 + Tyan Tomcat I m'board

; The [OEMSpecific] keys are not displayed,
; but may be used by the OEM for system-specific information.

[OEMSpecific]
;SubModel=456A0123 ;optional additional oem info
;SerialNo=12345678 ;etc.
;OEM1=Your private info ;etc.
;OEM2=More private info ;etc.

; Support Info displayed when "Support Information..." button selected

[Support Information]
; Info appears staggered here, but is lined up in actual display
Line1 =" IAIN D. BOWIE"
Line2 =
Line3 =" xx, xxxxxxxxxxxx"
Line4 =" xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx"
Line5 =" Huddersfield"
Line6 =" West Yorkshire"
Line7 =" HD8 xxx"
Line8 =
Line9 =" Phone - Home: 01484-xxxxxx"
Line10=" - Work: xxxxx-xxxxxx"
Line11=
Line12=" E-mail - Home: Ia...@IDBowie.demon.co.uk"
Line13=" - Work: IBo...@WMDC-ITD.demon.co.uk"

Enjoy!

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Ia...@IDBowie.demon.co.uk
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Justin Weber

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Jun 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/27/97

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That is there because IBM put it there to let the user know to get
technical support from them instead of Microsoft. I am not sure you can put
it on a non-IBM version of Windows 95. You might be able to, but it is
really not a good idea because that contains support information for the
computer from IBM.
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Kevin, Sun Weng Hong wrote in article <33B3750F...@macau.ctm.net>...

>Hi,
>
> I'm just wondering, my company has used Windows 95 which was
>preinstalled in those IBM machine and they have all that support
>information and IBM logo, can I do the same in my windows 95 original
>version? I've heard someone said adding a ini file in the system
>directory and a bitmap file called oemlogo.ini and oemlogo.bmp will
>work. But I've tried and it didn't work. So How can I do that?
>

>Thanks,
>
>Kevin.
>
>
>

Danne

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Jun 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/28/97

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I'm not sure if I get this right?

If You want to change the startupscreen known as logo.sys, replace it with
any other bitmap, 256 color, 320*400. Windows95.com got a couple of them.

Regards Danne

Jeroen van Dinther

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Jul 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/11/97

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Kevin, Sun Weng Hong wrote:

> I'm just wondering, my company has used Windows 95 which was
> preinstalled in those IBM machine and they have all that support
> information and IBM logo, can I do the same in my windows 95
original
> version? I've heard someone said adding a ini file in the system
> directory and a bitmap file called oemlogo.ini and oemlogo.bmp will
> work. But I've tried and it didn't work. So How can I do that?

Hi Kevin,

I can asure you it'll work on your Windows 95 version because i've
tried many different versions of Windows 95 and they all work with it
(even the beta's).
You're right when you said that these files must be in the
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, but you must know a couple of things.
First of all the bitmap must be (very important!!!) in the 172x100
pixels format.
Second of all, you must have an original oemlogo.ini file because of the
commandlines in that file.
The following is an example which you can use.
Remember not to change the first lines (general, manufacturer, model and
support information)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[General]
Manufacturer= Type here your name or whatever
Model= Here also

[Support Information]

Line1="This is a test"
Line2="You can type anything you want inhere"

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You now have your own OEM Windows version.
Have phun with it...

Greetings,

Jeroen

P.S. Don't use the lines above and below the oemlogo.ini example

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UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

IT WAS NOT OEMLOGO.INI BUT OEMINFO.INI

SORRY GUYS!!!!

> Kevin, Sun Weng Hong wrote:
>
> > I'm just wondering, my company has used Windows 95 which was
> > preinstalled in those IBM machine and they have all that support
> > information and IBM logo, can I do the same in my windows 95
> original
> > version? I've heard someone said adding a ini file in the system
> > directory and a bitmap file called oemlogo.ini and oemlogo.bmp
> will
> > work. But I've tried and it didn't work. So How can I do that?
>
> Hi Kevin,
>
> I can asure you it'll work on your Windows 95 version because i've
> tried many different versions of Windows 95 and they all work with it
> (even the beta's).
> You're right when you said that these files must be in the
> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, but you must know a couple of things.
> First of all the bitmap must be (very important!!!) in the 172x100
> pixels format.

> Second of all, you must have an original oeminfo.ini file because of

> the
> commandlines in that file.
> The following is an example which you can use.
> Remember not to change the first lines (general, manufacturer, model
> and
> support information)
>
> --------------------
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>

> [General]
> Manufacturer= Type here your name or whatever
> Model= Here also
>
> [Support Information]
>
> Line1="This is a test"
> Line2="You can type anything you want inhere"
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>

> You now have your own OEM Windows version.
> Have phun with it...
>
> Greetings,
>
> Jeroen
>

> P.S. Don't use the lines above and below the oeminfo.ini example

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IT WAS NOT OEMLOGO.INI BUT OEMINFO.INI

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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Kevin, Sun Weng Hong wrote:

> I'm just wondering, my company has used Windows 95 which was
   > preinstalled in those IBM machine and they have all that support
   > information and IBM logo, can I do the same in my windows
95
 original
   > version?  I've heard someone said adding a ini file in
the system
   > directory and a bitmap file called oemlogo.ini and oemlogo.bmp
will
   > work.  But I've tried and it didn't work.  So How
can I do that?

Hi Kevin,

I can asure you it'll work on your Windows 95 version because
i've
 tried many different versions of Windows 95 and they all work with
it
 (even the beta's).
 You're right when you said that these files must be in the
 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, but you must know a couple of things.
 First of all the bitmap must be (very important!!!) in the 172x100
 pixels format.
 Second of all, you must have an original oeminfo.ini file because of
the
 commandlines in that file.
 The following is an example which you can use.
 Remember not to change the first lines (general, manufacturer, model
and
 support information)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[General]
 Manufacturer= Type here your name or whatever
 Model= Here also

[Support Information]

Line1="This is a test"
 Line2="You can type anything you want inhere"

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You now have your own OEM Windows version.
 Have phun with it...

Greetings,

Jeroen

P.S. Don't use the lines above and below the oeminfo.ini example</BLOCKQUOTE>
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