Windows 10 gives users a great feature to specify the OEM information. You can easily modify and delete it, or add your own — it’s up to you! This can be useful in case you want to give more uniqueness to the machine by displaying your own contact information, your company logotype, URL of website and other values in the System program of Control Panel for single-language, single-region computers.
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How to add or modify OEM info in System Properties dialog box?
The instructions below are pretty simple — all you need is to add a few keys in registry. We remind you, that you can do a harm to your computer and it will stop working in case you will make some mistakes in keys settings. Do this on your own risk!
Press Win +R and type in regedit.
After that, go to branch:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionOEMInformation
Tip: Since the Windows 10 Creators Update, you can get to folder by pasting a branch name just in the address field.
If the key OEMInformation does not exist, you need to create it. After that you need to create your own list of parameters, using menu Create -> New String Value.
In every string you need to set the Value name and the Value data.
Most likely, in case you are building your own PC, you won’t find any data in OEMInformation string. You are free to set any parameters by using the key names bellow:
- Manufacturer— manufacturer name (for example, Samsung).
- Model— model of PC (for example, Swift 7).
- SupportHours— support hours. Here we need to set time for technical support. For example, 10:00-16:00. You can enter 256 symbols maximum.
- SupportPhone— phone number of technical support. You can enter 256 symbols maximum.
- SupportURL— technical support URL (later the link will be clickable in the dialog box).
- Logo— manufacturer logotype. This one shows the logo in System Properties dialog box. You need to create a desired BITMAP file with 120×120 px maximum dimension and 32-bit color. Place it on the system drive and set the path to file in key value.
If these values are already there, you can delete or modify them in the way you like. After finished, log out of the operating system and then log in again to see if the changes implemented successfully. To do this go to Settings -> About, here check if the new OEMInformation data appeared under Support headline.
Tip: In case you don’t want logging out of the system, you can try to restart Explorer.exe process using Task Manager.
-->OEMInformation specifies OEM support information that will display in the Get Help app in Windows 10. This information includes the OEM’s support name, and a link to either the URL of their support website, or the URL or their support app. To learn more about the Get Help app, see Customize the Get Help app.
In Windows 10, the OS disables the help components that shipped in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 including the Help and Support Windows desktop application (HelpPane.exe). HelpPane.exe will continue to exist in the box, but calls to its interfaces will result in one of two outcomes:
- If the user is offline, the OS launches the Getting Started app.
- If the user is online, the OS opens a browser instance and redirects the browser to an online topic.
This change affects context-sensitive (or F1) help and accessing help from the menus for apps shipped with Windows including the shell.
Child Elements
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| SupportAppURL | URI for the OEM support app. Required, unless SupportURL is present, in which case it is optional. If both are supplied, SupportAppURL is used. Add a parameter with a unique value to identify traffic coming from the Get Help app. |
| SupportProvider | Name of OEM support app or website. If not provided, the default Manufacturer name (from msinfo32.exe) will be used. |
| SupportURL | Specifies the URL of the support website for an OEM. Required, unless SupportAppURL is present, in which case it is optional. If both are supplied, SupportAppURL is used. |
Deprecated settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| HelpCustomized | This setting has been deprecated. To customize the Get Help app, define SupportURL or SupportAppURL as part of your OEMInformation. |
| Logo | This setting has been deprecated. No logo is used in the Get Help app. |
| Manufacturer | This setting has been deprecated. The Manufacturer name displayed in the Get Help app is now based on your System Manufacturer value defined in System Information (msinfo32.exe), unless you provide a SupportProvider parameter as part of your OEMInformation. When SupportProvider is provided, it will override the System Manufacturer name. This enables you to differentiate the name of your support app or website from the name of your brand if desired (i.e. 'Contact Contoso Support' vs 'Contact Contoso'). For this release, if SupportProvider is not present but the deprecated value Manufacturer is, it will still be used to support upgrade scenarios. |
| Model | This setting has been deprecated. The Model name displayed in the Get Help app is now based on your System Product Name value, as defined in System Information (msinfo32.exe). |
| SupportHours | This setting has been deprecated. Support hours are not shown in the Get Help app. |
| SupportPhone | This setting has been deprecated. Support phone number is not shown in the Get Help app. |
Valid Configuration Passes
auditUser
generalize
offlineServicing
oobeSystem
specialize
Parent Hierarchy
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | OEMInformation
Applies To
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For a list of the Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.
XML Example
The following example shows how to set OEM information.