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HowTo Put Custom Logo in Your Windows System Properties

I share with you something from Maximum PC Magazine March 2008.

Brand your PC with a custom logo. OEM vendors often dress up the System Properties screen with a custom logo and support information, giving prebuilt PCs an air of professionalism. Well guess
what? You can add the same personal touch to your own machine in just a few easy steps.

1. Open up any photo-editing program and create a 180x114-pixel image.
2. Save the image as a bitmap and name it oemlogo.bmp, then
   place it in C:\Windows\System32.
3. Next, create a Notepad file in the same folder and save it as
   oeminfo.ini. OEM resellers use this file to enter customer-support information, but you can write whatever you wish as long as you use the following format:
   [General]
   Manufacturer=Your Name/What ever
   Model=Your Name/What ever
   [Support Information]
   line1=Visit this blog everyday :
   line2=http://tips-4-you.blogspot.com/
4. If you need more space, just create a new line.

Heres mine :

Try this "HowTo Put Custom Logo in Your Windows System Properties" at your PC now!!

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Howto Fix cannot open local & USB drive in My Computer

Nowadays, lot of virus will infect our local drive and most of them are from USB drive. So, if your computer infected, you cannot open your drive normally.

To fix the problem just go the link below. It shows how to fix the problem posted on Raymond.cc.

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How to check all drivers installed in your PC

I think this tiny little lightweight executable file (huhu..wordss..words..) can be usefull to most of computer users. It can quickly scans your pc then give a list of every drivers+version too.

But this tool can't download the updates for the driver. This tool just let you to view the driver the fastest way...probably...hehe

Ok...this is the link to the tool : DriverView v1.10

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How to connect your Laptop/PC/Computer to your TV

Just in case you need to connect your laptop/PC/Computer to your tv, i've found a site that have listed 5 ways to connect your PC to TV.

The methods listed are like below :

1. S-Video
2. VGA
3. DVI
4. HDMI
5. Scan Converter Box

For more explanation on the methods, just click here.

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How To Flash Your BIOS

Quote :

Flashing your BIOS to the latest release is crucial because it enhances your system's capabilities, helps it to detect newer devices and components (bigger hard drivers, newer processors, and so forth), and improves stability (very often in the latest BIOS flashes manufacturers apply a series of bug fixes).

 

Why and How to Flash Your BIOS 

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10 Things You can do when Windows XP won't boot

1. Use a Windows startup disk
2. Use Last Known Good Configuration
3. Use System Restore
4. Use Recovery Console
5. Fix a corrupt Boot.ini
6. Fix a corrupt partition boot sector
7. Fix a corrupt master boot record
8. Disable automatic restart
9. Restore from a backup
10. Perform an in-place upgrade

For more details about the 'things' above, you can read it at TechRepublic.

 

p/s: you can also download the article here.

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