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    Restore Alienware Logo in System Information After OS Reinstall [Windows 7 & Windows 8]

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by dylan17x, Sep 3, 2012.

  1. dylan17x

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    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    I guess you can use Windows 7 Manager to customize the picture there, basically with Windows 7 Manager you can put just about any picture there, even a picture of yourself in if you like. Windows 7 Manager
     
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  3. dylan17x

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    stiiill no....
     
    dylan17x, Sep 3, 2012
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    Here is the original image (converted to PNG) from Alienware that you need to insert...

    LOGO copy.png
    And a modified alternative...

    LOGO.png

    Download: View attachment LOGO.zip (The BMP in the zip file is the original. The PNG files will also work.)

    You can use a free program like WinBubble to set it up very easily.

    WinBubble.jpg sysinfo.jpg
     
    Mr. Fox, Sep 3, 2012
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    dylan17x Notebook Enthusiast

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    great program ... thx again Mr.Fox
     
    dylan17x, Sep 3, 2012
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    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    You're welcome. :D
     
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    And for those old school folks like me, you can do this in the registry:

    Press the Orb/Start button and search for regedit
    Right click and choose Run as administrator.
    Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OEMInformation

    To add your logo:
    • Right click in the right window and choose New > String Value.
    • Name it Logo and press Enter. Double click it to modify its value and input the path of your logo, i save it in C:\Windows\System32\oobe\LOGO.bmp (it has to be a .bmp file no larger than 120x120 pixels).

    You can also add more info if you'd like:

    To add manufacturer:
    Simply right click in the right window again and create another string naming it Manufacturer.
    Double click it and input whatever you want. I put ALIENWARE

    To add the model:
    Create another string naming it Model and when modifying it input your system model (i.e. M17x, M18x etc..)

    More info you can add:
    Create the following strings:
    SupportURL
    SupportPhone
    SupportHours
     
    katalin_2003, Sep 3, 2012
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  9. dylan17x

    dylan17x Notebook Enthusiast

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    thx for the information :) katalin .
     
    dylan17x, Sep 3, 2012
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    Thank you Mr. Fox and Katalin. :thumbsup: My Alienware came from the Dell outlet- several details were missed when they reconfigured the system.
     
    MoselleVsDoom, Sep 5, 2012
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    You are awesome, thanks! :D
     
    V-Moda, Nov 3, 2012
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    thanks man..
     
    ayam_kambeng, Nov 26, 2012
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  13. Joe85

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    If like me you have upgraded to Windows 8, opened up system properties and noticed that the Manufacturer, model and logo are gone, fear not.
    Use this guide to replace them :)
    How to Add OEM Logo and Information to the System Information Applet in Windows 7 and Vista - The Winhelponline Blog

    It say Windows 7 but i have tried it on Windows 8 and it works fine.

    1. Click search, type regedit.exe and press ENTER

    2. Navigate to the following location

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ OEMInformation
    If the OEMInformation key is missing, you’ll need to create one manually.

    3.Right Click on OEMinformation and Create string values (REG_SZ) and add matching data, as per the table below:

    Value name Data Value type

    Logo <Path to your logo file>* REG_SZ
    Manufacturer <System manufacturer name> REG_SZ
    Model <System Model number> REG_SZ
    SupportHours <Support hours> REG_SZ
    SupportPhone <OEM Support Phone number> REG_SZ
    SupportURL <OEM Support URL> REG_SZ
    4. Exit Registry Editor.

    * Note: The logo should be a BMP file with the dimension of 120×120. Logos larger than 120×120 pixels are scaled to 120×120.

    Sample
     
    Joe85, Dec 26, 2012
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    nice! thanks for the heads up, i used a freewaare for this with my R3 until my R4 come with the installation disc.
     
    long2905, Dec 28, 2012
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  15. Joe85

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    Didnt see this thread, feel free to delete my post :D
     
    Joe85, Dec 28, 2012
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  16. Mr. Fox

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    Why delete it? :confused: It's awesome to know that the same thing works for Windows 8. I am glad you posted it and made those changes after reading it. +1 :D
     
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  17. Joe85

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    Awesome. Thank you :D
     
    Joe85, Dec 28, 2012
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  18. Mr. Fox

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    You're welcome. It looks great... have a peek. :D

    [​IMG]
     
    Mr. Fox, Dec 28, 2012
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    Nice background. And Avenger!! Haha. Gonna have to think of something original for mine now :D

    I used the same Alien head logo. Looks sweet. :)

    Mr Fox, where did you get your widgets from for the 680m? Everytime i try to launch GPU-z it Fails with an "unrecoverbale error"
     
    Joe85, Dec 29, 2012
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    Avenger was the "project" name for the M18x R1 before it was released to manufacturing. The M17x R3 had a similar name as a prototype, but I don't remember what it was now.

    The GPU and GPU gadgets are from here: OrbLog (CPU Observer and GPU Observer). You will need to download the 8GadgetPack to uses sidebar gadgets with Windows 8.

    I'm not sure why GPU-Z is crashing on you. It used to crash when I first got 7970M CF, but a newer release of GPU-Z solved that. It has never crashed on me with 680M. I am using Tech PowerUp version 0.6.6 without issue.

    The icons across the top are RocketDock (free) with BlackBeauty icons. However, I made some of my own matching icons with Photoshop. The NVIDIA, Origin, CPU-Z, GPU-Z and Futuremark icons are my creations. RocketDock allows me to hide my desktop icons to eliminate clutter. Here is a link to download my custom icons.
     
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  21. katalin_2003

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    M17x - Quicksilver
    M17x R3 - Voyager
    M14x Specter
    M11x - Phantom
     
    katalin_2003, Dec 29, 2012
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    Thanks @ Fox for the highly simple yet effectively resourceful post! :)
     
    Prasad, Dec 30, 2012
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    Thanks everyone this really helped !
     
    jordy787, Feb 8, 2013
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