Re: Control Panel displays incorrect info. Is there any way to ed
- From: andrew732 <andrew732@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:29:03 -0800
Hmmm, I tried editing that key and although it does edit part of the string,
it doesn't change the whole string. For example, I changed the key from
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
to
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 foo CPU 3.00GHz
and then the text on the General tab was changed from
Computer: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz 3.00GHz, 2.0 GB of RAM
to
Computer: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 foo CPU 3.00GHz 3.00GHz, 2.0 GB of RAM
Where does the rest of that text come from? A search all the way through
the registry for all occurances of "GB of RAM" did not turn up anything.
Also a search for all text in all files on the entire computer did not turn
up any meaningful occurances of "GB of RAM." Surely that text must come from
somewhere! Anybody know?
"John John - MVP" wrote:
The information that you see there is obtained from the.
ProcessorNameString value at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0
The information in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\ key is
built from information obtained from the firmware (BIOS) by NTDETECT.COM
during the early booting stage of the operating system.
If you want you can go to the key and manually change the information or
you can make use of a batch file and\or a .reg file to automatically
change the information after Windows is booted, you will have to do this
after each reboot as the key is rebuilt at each reboot.
The only other way around this would be to verify if the manufacturer
has addressed the issue with a newer BIOS version and flash the BIOS if
a newer version addresses the issue. Be warned that flashing the BIOS
is not without risks and that the minor cosmetic annoyance might not be
worth the risks.
John
andrew732 wrote:
On the general tab of Control Panel:System, one of the text fields is.
"Computer." The text for me is:
Computer: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz 3.00GHz, 2.0 GB of RAM
whereas is should read:
Computer: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 2.0 GB of RAM
I know that having hyperthreading enabled in the BIOS can cause this
particular text to display two CPUs like this, but I currently have
hyperthreading disabled. I'm also aware that it's possible to edit
oeminfo.ini to customize some parts of the general tab, but this apparently
has nothing to do with the "Computer" section of the general tab.
My question is: is there any way to edit the text following "Computer" so
that it reads correctly? There is no ini file that I can find that seems to
contain this information. Where does it reside? Somewhere in the registry?
Is it possible to edit?
I know it's no big deal, but this has bugged me for years now! Thanks very
much for any help the experts here can give.
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