BlueScreenView by NirSoft is a handy little program I stumbled upon a while back. It loads the windows crash files and shows you USEFUL information from them. Without needing to have the Windows Debugger installed like with WhoCrashed and a bunch of others out there that I tried.

Probably the most annoying part is that I fought with a computer for a while one day that I couldn't get the debugger installed on until I found this program. Then realized I already had it on my USB drive as I have the full NirSoft collection on it. Oh well, I know it's there now

Download a copy at NirSoft's Homepage

So you want to brand your Windows for your company or just for fun? No problem, check out the rest of this post for the details.

The image file you need for the branding should be 172 pixels by 172 pixels or smaller and saved in a BMP format in the c:\windows\system32 folder. For Windows XP it should be called OEMLOGO.BMP and for Vista OEMINFO.BMP by default but if you continue with the instructions below, you can see how to use the same filename in fact.

The process from this point on is different depending on if you are using Windows XP or Windows Vista

Windows XP

Create a file called OEMINFO.ini in the c:\windows\system32 directory (same place as your bmp file) with the following information in it:

[General]
Manufacturer=
Model=
[Support Information]
Line1=
Line2=
Line3=

Windows Vista

For vista you need to create a .reg file (or edit the registry manually but for ease of use and mass branding, a .reg file is much easier and quicker) with the following information in it:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OEMInformation]
.HelpCustomized.=dword:00000000
.Logo.=.c:\\windows\\system32\\OEMLOGO.BMP.
.SupportHours.=.Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00.
.Manufacturer.=.NixGeek.
.SupportPhone.=.123-123-1234.
.SupportURL.=.http://support.nixgeek.com.

Once you have this file, you just need to run it and click ok to let the changes be done

There are some other things you can do, but thats the basic idea