Multi OEM/Retail Project Build 08.03.2021

100+ OEM’s:
Acer Advent Action Alienware AOC Aquarius ASRock Asus ATcomputers Bangho Beko BenQ BGH-SA ByteSpeed Casper CCE chiliGREEN Compaq crea CZC Dell Depo digimix ECS eMachines Epson Equus Everex Excimer EXO Exper Extra Founder FSC Fujitsu Gateway Genuine Gericom Gigabyte Greatwall Haier Hannspree Hasee HCL Hedy Higrade HP Hyrican IBM Impression Infinity Insys Intelbras iQon Itautec Jetway JooyonTech Kohjinsha Kouziro Kraftway KSystems Lanix Lenovo LG M&A Technology Maxdata Mecer Medion Megaware Mesh Mitac Mouse MSI NEC Nokia Olidata Olivetti Onkyo OQO Packard Bell Panasonic Paradigit Paragon Philco Positivo PowerSpec Prolink qbex Quanmax RMplc Rover Samsung SCC Semp Toshiba Seneca Sharp Sony Stone Synnex Systemax Tangent Targa Tarox TCL TTL Tongfang Toshiba Trigem Twinhead Velocity Vestel Viewsonic viliv WD Corporation Wortmann xplore Zoostorm ZT incl. (branding only) BioStar Foxconn Intel M$ $urface VirtualBox VMware.

OEM’s = 118 ; Branding = 127
BIOS Mode supported: Legacy and/or UEFI
You can force install ‘ANY’ brand theme by reading and using the Force_Theme_[readme].txt

Editions for OEM Activation:
Win10… Home Pro
Win8.x… Core Pro
Win7….. Starter Home Basic Home Premium Pro Ultimate
Vista….. Starter Home Basic Home Premium Business Ultimate
(Vista-Win10) If not known edition, branding only takes place.

Objective – add $oem$ folder to .iso /usb.

$oem$ method can be used to apply activation & manufacturer brand to your Win10 Win 8.x Win 7 Vista ‘.iso’/usb
NOTE:- PC needs (Win8.x and Win10 ‘OEM-DM’ Win7 ‘2.1 slic’ Vista ‘2.0 slic’) bios to apply genuine oem activation.
Project includes optional Telemetry disabling for all supported OSs and adds domains to block through hosts file.

How To:
Win8.x|Win10
Place the downloaded ‘$oem$’ folder in the ‘sources’ folder of your ‘clean’ iso, and add custom ‘ei.cfg’ file to the same ‘sources’ folder and edit|save iso. Windows will install the edition identified from ‘ei.cfg’ file. (Project ‘Options’ folder includes ‘ei.cfg’ instructions). OOBE.cmd will call tool that will extract embedded ‘OEM-DM’ key from bios (if exists), and apply the serial during installation.

Win7
Place the downloaded ‘$oem$’ folder in the ‘sources’ folder of your ‘clean’ iso, and delete the ‘ei.cfg’ file from the same ‘sources’ folder and edit|save iso… during install you will have option to select the edition of ‘Win7’ you want installed (ie. Starter Home Basic Home Premium Pro Ultimate)… if you don’t delete ‘ei.cfg’ file, that’s OK, just means Ultimate will install by default.

Vista
Place the downloaded ‘$oem$’ folder in the ‘sources’ folder of your ‘clean’ iso, and delete the ‘PID.txt’ file (if exists) from the same ‘sources’ folder and edit|save iso… during install you will have option to select the edition of ‘Vista’ you want installed (ie. Starter Home Basic Home Premium Business Ultimate)… if you don’t delete ‘PID.txt’ file, that’s OK, just means serial used on that file will determine edition installed.

Please read the ‘readme’ files included in the download folder, for additional information.
"UltraISO" recommended to edit|save your .iso, preserving ‘bootable’ image.

Editions for OEM Activation:
Win10.. Technical Preview Consumer Preview
Win8.x… Core Pro
Win7…. Starter Home Basic Home Premium Pro Ultimate
Vista…. Starter Home Basic Home Premium Business Ultimate
(Vista-Win10) If not known edition, branding only takes place.

Objective – add $oem$ folder to .iso /usb.

$oem$ method can be used to apply activation & manufacturer brand to your Win10 Win 8.x Win 7 Vista ‘.iso’/usb
NOTE:- PC needs (Win8.x and Win10 ‘OEM-DM’ Win7 ‘2.1 slic’ Vista ‘2.0 slic’) bios to apply genuine oem activation.

How To:
Win 10
Place the downloaded ‘$oem$’ folder in the ‘sources’ folder of your ‘clean’ iso, and edit|save iso. OOBE.cmd (Install.cmd) will extract embedded ‘OEM-DM’ serial from bios (if exists), and apply the serial during installation.

Win8.1
Place the downloaded ‘$oem$’ folder in the ‘sources’ folder of your ‘clean’ iso, and add custom ‘ei.cfg’ file to the same ‘sources’ folder and edit|save iso. Windows will install the edition identified from ‘ei.cfg’ file. (Project ‘Options’ folder includes ‘ei.cfg’ instructions). OOBE.cmd (Install.cmd) will extract embedded ‘OEM-DM’ serial from bios (if exists), and apply the serial during installation.

Win8.0
Place the downloaded ‘$oem$’ folder in the ‘sources’ folder of your ‘clean’ iso, and edit|save iso. Windows will install the edition that matches the embedded ‘OEM-DM’ serial in your bios (if exists).

Win7
Place the downloaded ‘$oem$’ folder in the ‘sources’ folder of your ‘clean’ iso, and delete the ‘ei.cfg’ file from the same ‘sources’ folder and edit|save iso… during install you will have option to select the edition of ‘Win7’ you want installed (ie. Starter Home Basic Home Premium Pro Ultimate)… if you don’t delete ‘ei.cfg’ file, that’s OK, just means Ultimate will install by default.

Vista
Place the downloaded ‘$oem$’ folder in the ‘sources’ folder of your ‘clean’ iso, and delete the ‘PID.txt’ file (if exists) from the same ‘sources’ folder and edit|save iso… during install you will have option to select the edition of ‘Vista’ you want installed (ie. Starter Home Basic Home Premium Business Ultimate)… if you don’t delete ‘PID.txt’ file, that’s OK, just means serial used on that file will determine edition installed.

Please read the ‘readme’ files included in the download folder, for additional information
UltraISO recommended to edit|save your .iso, preserving ‘bootable’ image

Included link for images to be used with System Brand Changer if users prefer using a desktop branding tool with a nice gui, created by Alphawaves.

Whats New:
+ New ‘General OS’ options added:
1) Run as Administrator for .vbs {VBScript} files via Context Menu. {OS Translated}
2) Run as Administrator for .js {javascript} files via Context Menu. {OS Translated}
3) Run as Administrator for .ps1 {PowerShell} files via Context Menu. {OS Translated}
4) Install/Uninstall DLL files via Context Menu. {OS Translated}
5) Install/Uninstall OCX files via Context Menu. {OS Translated}
6) Set ‘Device Install Settings’ to No/Off, works for Vista/7/8.x kernels but on
Windows 10 it is not fully reliable. Always disabled on W10 Home/Core Editions.

+ New Windows 10 kernels options added:
1) Set WU Download Mode values to lowest possible, this should limit the speed and
amount WU can download in the foreground and background, does NOT stop updates but
can slow them down quite a lot, ideal for those on slow internet/mobile plans so
that WU does not max out your connection. RS4+ only and may not always work as it
depends on your OS’s locale/Edition. Easy to revert via the ‘PC Settings’ GUI.

2) Remove ALL Apps, with exceptions. This option removes as many Apps from the OS
but leaves the Store, Cortana/Search, Calculator, XBox, Camera and some ‘System’
required Apps so that newer Drivers/Games can be installed/run. This option will
auto disable all other App removal options. Below RS2 this option is auto disabled
as the routine is not reliable on those older OS Builds.

IMPORTANT NOTE: There is *NO* revert script so use this option with caution.

This may not always work as it is experimental. Also note that some log-in options may
fail such as ‘Hello’. Most Apps that are not removed can be via ‘PC Settings>Apps’ GUI.
New users created will also have the Apps removed, with a later CU installed or a
upgrade to next Build operation may reinstall the removed Apps. If a Insider/Preview
Build is installed the FeedbackHub is not removed.

+ Creator v40.0 has been updated with the new options and tool tips etc.
+ Minor code adjustments and re-wording on some log entries.