I have a copy of Windows XP SP3 Hewlett Packard OEM which i built from various sources. I modified my bios using dmicfg and entered System Manufacurer as 'Hewlett-Packard' as instructed and all is fine. I have an old HP laptop Omnibook xe3-gc which was sold with Win98. In the System Manufacturer is Hewlett-Packard without '. I cannot change with dmicfg as bios are Phoenix. Do you think above copy of XP will work on the laptop? If no, how do i change the System Manufacturer.
Yes provided the OEMBIOS.xxx files on your XP cd are for Hewlett-Packard all will work with no problem. I have four of these laptops and they work nice on XP, a bit slow at booting but once at desktop are great surfing the internet and non taxing tasks, even the odd Popcap game! If possible increase the memory from standard 128MB to 256Mb or above for a bit of a speed up! They will work with a 40GB IDE drive, not tested with anything larger. The quotes are ignored when the system checks for the Hewlett-Packard string in the DMI area. Have fun!