The Crusaders

I saw this tweak in a friend’s blog about how one can edit manufacturer and support information of system properties. Actually, I think it’s a useless tweak and I can’t just figure out why someone would want to edit manufacturer logo and support information and put something rubbish instead. In my view a tweak should be something that should make a function more efficient but in this case it seems like just for fun which I don’t prefer.

Still, what the hell !!! It sure would be fun to have your face instead of your manufacturer’s logo huh? I have tried it now in my Windows XP but I don’t know if it’d work in other versions of OS (should would if it can find the appropriate files). Here’s the trick I copied from that fren’s blog:

• Navigate to the Windows system directly, normally “C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM” for Windows 95, 98 and Me and “C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32? for Windows NT and 2000, and “C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32? for Windows XP.
• Find the INI file called “OEMINFO.INI”.
• If there isn’t one, create the file by opening a notepad name it as OEMINFO.INI.
• Copy and paste the following in the OEMINFO.INI file.

[General]
Manufacturer=Your Company, Inc.
Model=Your Computer Model
SupportURL=http://www.yoursite.com

[Support Information]
Line1=first line of support information
Line2=second line
Line3=third line
…
LineN=nth line
(You can create as many lines as you need by incrementing the line number)

To change the logo file,

• Again go to the Windows system directory ( “C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32? )
• Find OEMLOGO.BMP and if there isn’t create one with your desired logo.
• Remember the standard Windows bitmap file is 160 x 114 pixels in Windows XP

After the changes have been made in the file and saved just check the system properties (System Properties from Control Panel or simply right click My Computer and then select properties) and you’ll see that the logo has been changes and also the manufacturer information has been modified. The details you entered in the [Support Information] section will show up when you click on the Support Information button. Just see what my friend has done to the system properties of his computer. HAHA !!! Funny huh??

written by rajit \\ tags: Edit Manufacturer and Support Information, Edit System Properties, Support Information, System Properties, Tips, Tweak

I don’t know how many of you have noticed this but I noticed this just yesterday that I couldn’t rename the recycle bin. Then as usual I Googled it out… I found 3 ways from different resources which I am going to mention here.

The first one is pretty simple but you need a software TweakUI for that. After installing it just do this:
1. Click Start / Settings / Control Panel
2. Open TweakUI
3. Click on the Desktop Tab.
4. right-click the Recycle Bin and rename it.

The second and third are both a little tricky. They are both playing with registry settings so you need to first back up the registry before editing the values in case of any problems later on.

Second Way:
1. Click Start / Run
2. Type regedit and press enter.
3. Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder
4. Open the CLSID folder
5. Open the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} folder
6. Open the ShellFolder folder
7. Change the “Attributes” data value from “40 01 00 20″ to “50 01 00 20″. Once completed change the “CallForAttributes” dword value to “0×00000000″ (double-click and change value data to 0). You must change both of these values to get the rename to appear.

After doing this you will be able to rename the icon like any other icon. Right-click the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop and click Rename and rename it to whatever you wish.

Last but not the least is the third way:
1. Click Start / Run
2. Type regedit and press enter
3. In the registry editor go to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache
4. Double click on the following value: @C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll,-8964
5. Change the value to whatever you wish.
6. Click OK and close out regedit
7. Click on a blank area of the desktop and select refresh from the context menu.
8. After the screen refreshes, you recycle bin will be renamed to whatever you decided.

written by rajit \\ tags: Recycle Bin, Renaming Recycle Bin, Tips

The usual process of changing your password is very simple almost familiar to everyone I guess.

1. Go to Start -> Setting -> Control Panel
2. From the list select User Accounts and pick an account to change (its better if you log in as an administrator, only then you are allowed to change the password)
3. Select change password
4. Enter the old password, new passwords, new hint and enter

In the next restart you’ll be allowed to log in only with the new password. This process as you may see will ask for your old password to change your password. But you’re a human and many times humans tend to forget their passwords. What then? With this process you’re never going to be able to change the password. But, if you have an additional administrator account whose password you do remember, there is a small backdoor way to change the password of any other account (limited or even another administrator) and you won’t even need to enter your old password. You have to first log in with an administrative privileged account. After that just follow these instructions:

1. Start -> run
2. Type ‘lusrmgr.msc’ (without quotes) and enter. (This will open Local User and Group management window. You can get this window by right clicking the ‘My Computer’ -> ‘Manage’ and from the Computer Management window, in the left pane under Computer Management’s System Tools select Local User and Group.)
3. Under ‘Local Users and Groups(Local)’ select ‘Users’
4. In the right pane right click the username whose password you want to reset
5. Select ‘Set Password…’
6. A warning dialog box will appear, read it carefully and click ‘Proceed’
7. Enter and confirm the new password and click ‘OK’. A message will appear that your password has been changed.

You’ve successfully changed the password of an account (even administrator account) without even knowing the old password. Now, logoff and login with the username whose password you just changed. If you still can’t login, restart the system and then try again. Sneaky!!! Huh?

written by rajit \\ tags: Change Window's Password, Tips