Brand windows with your name and add your own photo

open notepad dump the following lines into it and save it with the name OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32 directory:
[General]Manufacturer=Your Name HereModel=Your Model Here[Support Information]Line1=Your Name HereLine2=Your Address HereLine3=Your Email Address Here
1. Save the file as OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32.
2. Then make a right click on my computer select properties, in the general tab a button will be highlighted (support information) make a click on it, you will be able to see the changes.
3. Now if you want to display some more information then simply increase the line in the file.
ex: Line4=Your Working Hours Here
You can also add your logo or photo
Create a bmp file(Your Photo) and save it the System32 folder as ?oemlogo.bmp?(Without Quote).

Renaming Win XP Start Menu Button

This guide will show you how to edit/rename the Windows XP start menu button.Are you bored of having the name “start”? If so now you can rename your start menu button to give the name of your choice.STEP 1:BYPASSING WINDOWS FILE PROTECTION1.Launch My Computer,click tools,folder options,then view
2.Select show all hidden files and folders option and uncheck the option hideprotected operating system files,unckeck hide extention for known file types
3.Open C:\windows\system32\restore,select the file filelist.xml,right click it go to properties and uncheck read-only
4.Open it(filelist.xml) with notepad
5.Add the line %systemroot%\explorer.exe as shown below
%systemroot%\explorer.exe %windir%\system.ini %windir%\tasks\desktop.ini %windir%\win.ini *:\AUTOEXEC.BAT *:\CONFIG.MSI *:\CONFIG.SYS
6.Save the file
7.Open C:\windows\system32\dllcache,you will find a backup copy of explorer.exe. Rename it to explorer.bak.
STEP 2:CHANGING THE NAME OF START BUTTON1.Open Resource Hacker,open C:\windows\explorer.exe
2.Expand string,expand 37,click on 1033
3.On right side raname “start” to anything you want EG.”anything” and press compile script
4.Repeat the same procedure for string,38,1033
5.Save changes in file menu(if error occurs close explorer.exe and repeat sub-step 3 & 4
6.Press ctrl+alt+del in processes tab of task manager endtask explorer.exe
7.Again in new task open C:\windows\explorer.exe you will see that start menu is renamed
8.Close task manager and ENJOY!!!!

Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown

This reg file automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit.
1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepad.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]“ClearPageFileAtShutdown”=dword:00000001
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]“AutoEndTasks”=”1″
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]“WaitToKillServiceTimeout”=”1000″
2. Save the file as shutdown.reg3. Double click the file to import into your registry.
NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a “malicious” script, this is normal if you have “Script Safe” or similar technology enabled.