Customize Windows Welcome (Standard 7 SP1)

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7/8/2014

Windows Welcome is the user's first view of the Windows Embedded Standard 7 operating system. To customize and brand Windows Welcome, you must update the Oobe.xml file. The following procedure describes how to update Oobe.xml to add your customizations to Windows Welcome.

A sample of Oobe.xml is provided with the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Toolkit in the \Samples directory.

To view the sample files in Windows Welcome and the Welcome Center

  1. Copy the %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Embedded Standard 7\Samples\OOBE\INFO folder to %WINDIR%\System32\Oobe.

  2. Copy the %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Embedded Standard 7\Samples\OOBE\Fabrikam folder to the root of drive C, where C: is the drive where you installed Standard 7.

To view Windows Welcome with the sample content

  1. On the taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Accessories.

  2. Right-click the command prompt shortcut, and then click Run as administrator.

  3. In the User Account Control dialog box, click Accept.

  4. Browse to %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep.

  5. Run the sysprep /oobe command.

  6. Restart the computer.

Customizing Windows Welcome by Using Oobe.xml

Oobe.xml is stored in %WINDIR%\System32\Oobe\Info.

Additionally, a sample Oobe.xml file and sample graphic files are provided with the Standard 7 Toolkit in the \Samples directory. This sample uses the fictitious company Fabrikam to provide example graphics and text. To use this sample in a production environment, replace the Fabrikam content with your company's content.

Note

You cannot modify the Oobe.xml file by using Image Configuration Editor.

To customize Windows Welcome by using Oobe.xml

  1. Open the Oobe.xml file.

  2. Update Oobe.xml with the appropriate files, paths, and content by using a text editor or an XML editor, such as Notepad.

  3. Save your updated version of Oobe.xml in %WINDIR%\System32\Oobe\Info; or save it in the appropriate language-specific and locale-specific folders that are required for your customizations.

  4. Test Windows Welcome.

Additional Information

For information about Oobe.xml settings and the folder structure for multiple-language and multiple-region deployments of Oobe.xml, see Oobe.xml Technical Reference.

Testing Windows Welcome

To test Windows Welcome

  1. On the taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Accessories.

  2. Right-click the command prompt shortcut, and then click Run as administrator.

  3. In the User Account Control dialog box, click Accept.

  4. Browse to %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep.

  5. Run the sysprep /oobe command.

  6. Restart the computer.

See Also

Other Resources

Oobe.xml Technical Reference