Get the Official Google Powered Computer and Show it off to Your Friends!

With this tip you can insert a custom logo in the system properties dialog and complete it with your own contact information or of someone like Google.

To invoke the system properties dialog right click “My Computer” and select “Properties”, or alternately you can press the “Win” key and “Pause” button on your keyboard to show the system properties dialog box.

This is how My Windows XP System Properties logo looks like yours may look different:

original system properties b4 edit

If you want to put your own graphic in there, you should create your image in a .bmp graphic file. It’s also a good idea to create this bitmap image with the same background shade of gray (RGB: R: 244 | G: 243 | B: 238) used in the Properties dialog. Otherwise Windows will make its own judgments regarding color contrast and background shading.

The next thing to consider is the image size; an image of about 180 (w) x120 (h) pixels will be perfect. Make sure that you can fit your logo in this area.

Once you have created your logo and save it as oemlogo.bmp, place this image in the system32 folder of your Windows system folder. If you don’t know where your system folder is just follow these steps:

- Click the Start button and select “Run”
- In the “open” field, enter “cmd” (without the quotes) and click ok
- Windows will open up a dos command window
- In the command window, type “set system” (without the quotes)
- Look for the line that contains “SystemRoot“, this is where your system directory is (generally, the Windows system folder is c:\windows)
-Or alternately you can just type “%windir%” (without the quotes) In the “open” field of your “Run” and your “SystemRoot” folder will be opened automatically.

Now create a new text file in this same folder and save it as oeminfo.ini

In this file copy and paste the following:

^?View Code INI

[General]
Manufacturer=Google Inc.
Model=Exclusively Made For "Johnson"
 
[Support Information]
Line1="Google Powered [Windows XP SP III PC]"
Line2="For Support Regarding This PC Please Contact"
Line3="Google's headquarters located in the heart of Silicon Valley."
Line4="Our Address:"
Line5=""
Line6="Google Inc."
Line7="1600 Amphitheatre Parkway"
Line8="Mountain View, CA 94043"
Line9="+1 650-253-0000 (voice)"
Line10="+1 650-253-0001 (fax)"
Line11="Visit Our Official Website"
Line12="http://www.Google.Com/"
Line13="For Further Information"

You can edit this accordingly to suit your needs; I have entered the official contact details of Google.

Save and close the file and you are done. Now you can Show off your newly purchased Google Powered System with official Google logo in the system properties.