Win 8.x • Win 7 • Vista - 'Multi-OEM' ISO Project

Unfortunately, searchengine turned in his user status.
If you are good at modding, you can find the hardware ids and such and make the extra folders and stuff for newer manufacturers though...
Then you just copy the various filenames and formats for the images.

 

I am going to look into this to see if I can get it working with win 10...cant do anything about the tool but I can update the oobe.cmd file.

 

Very much appreciated my friend.

 

I agree !

 

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OOBE.cmd (incorrect entry)

Code:

%RQR1% | findstr /I "\<WINDOWS\>" | findstr /I "\<10\>" >nul&&%INL% SET WINVER=10&goto :BIOS

Manufacturer theme is applied despite this error, because of entries:

Code:

IF NOT DEFINED WINVER GOTO :BRANDING
IF NOT DEFINED EDITION GOTO :BRANDING
IF /I "%WINVER%"=="VISTA" goto :TRANSFER3
IF /I "%WINVER%"=="7" goto :TRANSFER3

 

You are correct and wrong at the same time...let me explain.

The reason behind not using technical preview is because its just a preview not the actual final OS so I added the above line to be ready for win 10 when final is released.

This is why it applies regardless which is correct also for it is still a not defined windows version so it goes to branding where it will check for oem-dm key in bios (which doesn't exist yet for it is technical preview only) and if exist applies oem-dm key. This might not work in win 10 final depending if they keep the same scheme for oem activation or not. No way to test this yet in a technical preview.

This replaces the if /I not "%winver%"=="8" goto :TRANSFER3 because it is needed for win 10 as well but not for vista or win 7 so it goes to :TRANSFER3 for those.

I knew a few out there would complain but now maybe you see why I did it the way I did (its made for future FINAL win 10 when released).

 

I understand your logic.

OOBE.cmd :TRANSFER3
aero.theme is temporarily renamed to theme3.theme

OEM-Sync.exe
has function to return theme3.theme to original theme name, but only after it checks if system is Win8x.
has function to apply OEM-DM key, but only after it checks if system is Win8x.

 

I think you are misunderstanding the default windows theme...the only time windows theme will be installed is if the machine has No oem match (this is the same for vista, win 7, win 8.x and win 10 when released). If oem machine found then it will apply that theme and info thus making backups like for example your theme3.theme (aero). I have done nothing to the script in this area...its still original. The oem-sync.exe has nothing to do with the themes being applied, only info for slic table and oem-dm key info and apply if found. There was only small changes made for it to work with windows 10...compare it to the original and you will see.

 

I understand you changed nothing on OOBE.cmd :TRANSFER2 section, but if Manufacturer brand discovered, then the script renames aero.theme to theme3.theme, and names the discovered Manufacturer theme as aero.theme, thus Windows shows Manufacturer theme as default theme at first desktop view. The OEM-Sync.exe initiates a runonce instruction to rename theme3.theme back to aero.theme, and rename the Manufacturer theme to $OEM$.theme on first reboot, thus correcting file names whilst keeping Manufacturer theme applied. It will not do this last part as it does not check for Windows 10.

 

The oem-sync.exe does nothing with themes or images just looks for oem-dm key in bios and if exist applies the key....that is all the oem-sync.exe does period. Everything else is done by the script. Remember you are probably using win 10 technical preview which is called windows technical preview thus why it doesn't find "10" and defaults to undefined version. I am not adjusting the script just for technical preview but for final windows 10 when released. Do you understand? The script runs exactly as it should for right now...might need more adjusting once windows 10 final is released.

 

Thank you thank you thank you
Please don't abandon this beautiful project...

 

First off its not my project but I just picked it up since no one was working on this anymore. I will do what I can. Take care Mr. X.

 

I know actually this is not your project, it's searchengine's project. What I meant in my previous post is due you've been contributing in the past to it, I know that just by making observations and comments to searchengine, please re-take it and keep it up my friend. Take care you too.

 

If you install Win8x, and look in your Windows folder, before you reboot, you will find W82THM.cmd and if you look in registry you will see a runonce instruction to run this cmd file.

Instructions on cmd file:

Code:

@echo off 
 
if exist "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\theme3.theme" ( 
   takeown /F "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\*.theme" >nul 
   ICACLS "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\*.theme" /reset /T /Q >nul 
   ICACLS "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\*.theme" /grant:r "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\*.theme:(OI)(CI)F" 2>nul 
   REN "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero.theme" "$OEM$.theme" >nul 
   MOVE /Y "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\theme3.theme" "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero.theme" >nul 
) 
 
del /F /Q "C:\Windows\W82THM.cmd" >nul

OEM-Sync.exe responsible for this action, and also performs a similar action if Vista installed to rectify img24.

 

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Does anyone have valid links to the files from post #1? Need to do some "research". Thanks in advance.

 

I will upload tomorrow if no one else beats me to it. lol

In the future I will post an updated version of this project that will not use oem-sync but instead be ran from oobe script. There is no hurry for now for windows 10 is only technical preview which is time bombed. I am not really concerned with this as of yet but when it becomes final I will update the project myself if no one objects. Searchengine done a fantastic job and I wish he was still here but that isn't the case. He will truly be missed. With that being said, I don't want to offend anyone here but I cant see this project just being dropped and no one else wanting to pick it up.