Change manufacturer logo of Vista

Here is a simple way to change the manufacturer logo of windows vista displayed in the sytem properties of the computer. As u can see above i have replaced the company logo by the logo of Jaguar. So here are the simple steps to do this.

1. Click Start and type regedit in the search box and hit enter. If it asks for administrator privillages click countinue.

2.Now in the registry navigate to the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OEMinformation

3. If you are not able to find it download the file here. If you find it countinue to step 4.

4. Now once you open it it will display the following values

Name Type Data

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)

HelpCustomized REG_DWORD 0*000000 (0)

Logo REG_SZ

Manufacturer REG_SZ

Model REG_SZ

SupportHours REG_SZ

SupportURL REG_SZ

5. Now to change the logo nd information double click on the name and enter the values. But for the logo file you will have to specify the full path alnong with the format i.e .bmp. For eg-

My logo file is save in D drive so i specify and the file name is logo so specify the path D:\logo.bmp

6. Now click OK close the registry editor, go to system and see the logo is changed.

NOTE-The logo file should be in bitamp format(.bmp) and its size should be 120 by 120 pixels.