Oobe.xml Settings

This topic describes the settings that can be set in Oobe.xml. A sample of Oobe.xml is provided with the Windows OPK and the Windows AIK in the \Samples directory. This sample uses the fictitious company Fabrikam and Fabrikam graphics and offers.

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

• Copy the \Info folder to \Windows\System32\Oobe, and copy the \Fabrikam folder to the root of the C: drive, where C is the letter of the drive on which you have installed Windows Vista.

To view Windows Welcome with the sample content

1. On the Start menu, point to All Programs, and then click Accessories.
2. Right-click the command prompt shortcut and click Run as administrator.
3. Accept the User Account Control dialog box.
4. Navigate to \Windows\System32\Sysprep.
5. Run sysprep /oobe.
6. Start the computer.

To view the Welcome Center with the sample content

1. On the Start menu, point to Control Panel, and then click System and Maintenance.
2. Launch Welcome Center.
   To use this sample in a production environment, replace the Fabrikam content with your company's content.

Windows Welcome

<oem> Section

The following table shows the available Oobe.xml settings and their allowed values for the <oem> section of Oobe.xml.

Setting	Description	Value
name	Name of the manufacturer.	string
logopath	Absolute path to the OEM logo.	Absolute path to the logo file, a 32-bit .png file. 240x100 pixels.
eulafilename	Language and location-specific version of manufacturer end-user license agreement.	Name of the .rtf file.
wallpaper	Absolute path to the wallpaper files.	Absolute path to three named 32-bit .png files. Note Lower color depths, such as 8-bit, will fail.

<offer> Section

The following table shows the available Oobe.xml settings and their allowed values for the <offer> section of Oobe.xml.

Setting	Description	Value
offerheader	Initial description of OEM offer.	String with a maximum of 40 characters.
title	Title of OEM offer.	String
imagepath	Absolute path to .bmp file.	Absolute path to 32-bit .bmp or .gif file. 32x32 pixels. PNG files are not supported.
details	Fuller description of OEM offers.	String with a maximum of 128 characters.
detailsfilename	File containing details about the OEM offer.	Absolute path to .rtf file. Embedded graphics cannot be displayed.
shellexecute	Path to the executable file for the OEM offer.	Absolute path to setup program for offer. Note Parameters cannot be passed by using this node. If parameters must be passed to the destination executable file, you can point to a batch file, a script, or another application that will then pass the appropriate parameters to the destination executable file.

The <offer> node itself contains a type parameter. This is used to specify whether the offer is displayed in a list or as a billboard. Only one type of offer can be used within an Oobe.xml file; the two types cannot be combined.

Additionally, “list” type offers can be displayed only in Windows Welcome and in ISP Signup. This is determined by using the parameter showin.

The following XML sample output shows the two choices of values for the <offer> node:

<offer type="billboard">
…
</offer>

-or-

<offer type="list" showin=”oobe”>
…
</offer>

<defaults> Section

The following table shows the available Oobe.xml settings and their allowed values for the <defaults> section of Oobe.xml.

Setting	Description	Value
language	Decimal identifier of the default language.	For possible values, see Supported Language Packs and Default Settings.
location	The location is specified by using a GEOID value that is converted to its decimal value.	For a full list of GEOIDs, see this MSDN Web site.
Locale	The locale is specified by using a LCID value. Note If end users change the system locale from a U.S. English or a Western European locale to an East Asian locale or the reverse, the computer will restart after Windows Welcome.	For a full list of LCIDs, see this Microsoft Global Development Web site.
keyboard	The keyboard layout is specified by the input locale identifier (formerly named "keyboard layout") format, a combination of the hexadecimal value of the language identifier and a device identifier.	Use the keyboard value that is listed in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Keyboard Layouts and prepend the LCID appropriate for the keyboard. If you are unsure of which LCID to use with a specific keyboard identifier, contact your account manager. These are also listed in Supported Language Packs and Default Settings.
timezone	The time zone is specified by a string that specifies the time zone for the computer. The maximum length is 256 characters. New time zones might appear in future releases. To add support for a new time zone, you must enter the exact time zone string.	String. For possible values, see the "Time Zones" section.

Language

There are many more LCIDs than available languages. A few LCIDs map to languages that can be released with Windows Vista. For more information about which languages release with Windows Vista, at what level of localization, and their decimal identifiers, see Supported Language Packs and Default Settings.

Time Zones

The following table shows the time zones that are valid for the Windows Vista operating system, the GMT offsets for each time zone, and the resource that is displayed for each time zone.

Time Zone	Display
Afghanistan Standard Time	(GMT+04:30) Kabul
Alaskan Standard Time	(GMT-09:00) Alaska
Arab Standard Time	(GMT+03:00) Kuwait, Riyadh
Arabian Standard Time	(GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat
Arabic Standard Time	(GMT+03:00) Baghdad
Atlantic Standard Time	(GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
AUS Central Standard Time	(GMT+09:30) Darwin
AUS Eastern Standard Time	(GMT+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Azerbaijan Standard Time	(GMT +04:00) Baku
Azores Standard Time	(GMT-01:00) Azores
Canada Central Standard Time	(GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan
Cape Verde Standard Time	(GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Islands
Caucasus Standard Time	(GMT+04:00) Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan
Cen. Australia Standard Time	(GMT+09:30) Adelaide
Central America Standard Time	(GMT-06:00) Central America
Central Asia Standard Time	(GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka
Central Europe Standard Time	(GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague
Central European Standard Time	(GMT+01:00) Sarajevo, Skopje, Warsaw, Zagreb
Central Pacific Standard Time	(GMT+11:00) Magadan, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
Central Standard Time	(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US and Canada)
Central Standard Time (Mexico)	(GMT-06:00) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey
China Standard Time	(GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong SAR, Urumqi
Dateline Standard Time	(GMT-12:00) International Date Line West
E. Africa Standard Time	(GMT+03:00) Nairobi
E. Australia Standard Time	(GMT+10:00) Brisbane
E. Europe Standard Time	(GMT+02:00) Bucharest
E. South America Standard Time	(GMT-03:00) Brasilia
Eastern Standard Time	(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Egypt Standard Time	(GMT+02:00) Cairo
Ekaterinburg Standard Time	(GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg
Fiji Islands Standard Time	(GMT+12:00) Fiji Islands, Kamchatka, Marshall Islands
FLE Standard Time	(GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Kiev, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius
Georgian Standard Time	(GMT +04:00) Tblisi
GMT Standard Time	(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London
Greenland Standard Time	(GMT-03:00) Greenland
Greenwich Standard Time	(GMT) Casablanca, Monrovia
GTB Standard Time	(GMT+02:00) Athens, Istanbul, Minsk
Hawaiian Standard Time	(GMT-10:00) Hawaii
India Standard Time	(GMT+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi
Iran Standard Time	(GMT+03:30) Tehran
Israel Standard Time	(GMT+02:00) Jerusalem
Korea Standard Time	(GMT+09:00) Seoul
Mid-Atlantic Standard Time	(GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic
Mountain Standard Time	(GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Mountain Standard Time (Mexico)	(GMT-07:00) Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan
Myanmar Standard Time	(GMT+06:30) Yangon (Rangoon)
N. Central Asia Standard Time	(GMT+06:00) Almaty, Novosibirsk
Namibia Standard Time	(GMT +02:00) Windhoek
Nepal Standard Time	(GMT+05:45) Kathmandu
New Zealand Standard Time	(GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington
Newfoundland Standard Time	(GMT-03:30) Newfoundland and Labrador
North Asia Standard Time	(GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk
North Asia East Standard Time	(GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaanbaatar
Pacific SA Standard Time	(GMT-04:00) Santiago
Pacific Standard Time	(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US and Canada); Tijuana
Romance Standard Time	(GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris
Russian Standard Time	(GMT+03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd
SA Eastern Standard Time	(GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown
SA Western Standard Time	(GMT-04:00) Caracas, La Paz
SA Pacific Standard Time	(GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito
Samoa Standard Time	(GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa
SE Asia Standard Time	(GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta
Singapore Standard Time	(GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
South Africa Standard Time	(GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria
Sri Lanka Standard Time	(GMT+06:00) Sri Jayawardenepura
Taipei Standard Time	(GMT+08:00) Taipei
Tasmania Standard Time	(GMT+10:00) Hobart
Tokyo Standard Time	(GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo
Tonga Standard Time	(GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa
US Eastern Standard Time	(GMT-05:00) Indiana (East)
US Mountain Standard Time	(GMT-07:00) Arizona
Vladivostok Standard Time	(GMT+10:00) Vladivostok
W. Australia Standard Time	(GMT+08:00) Perth
W. Central Africa Standard Time	(GMT+01:00) West Central Africa
W. Europe Standard Time	(GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
West Asia Standard Time	(GMT+05:00) Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent
West Pacific Standard Time	(GMT+10:00) Guam, Port Moresby
Yakutsk Standard Time	(GMT+09:00) Yakutsk

Welcome Center

<useroobe> Section

The following table shows the available Oobe.xml settings for the <oemStrip> section of Oobe.xml and their allowed values.

Setting	Description	Value
task	GUID for each offer.	A GUID. For more information about how to generate GUIDs, see this Microsoft Web site.
oemLogo	Path to the OEM logo to appear in the Computer Details preview pane. This setting must contain the namespace, xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/oobetasks/v1". This setting is a peer to <oemStrip>.	Path to a .png file. Maximum size is 250 x 30 pixels.
name	Name of an OEM offer. Appears in the title section of the preview pane.	String with a maximum length of 255 characters.
icon	Absolute path to offer icon.	Absolute path to an .ico file. Required.
description	Short description of the offer.	String with a maximum length of 255 characters.
command	Path to an executable file.	Absolute path to executable file.
sortPriority	Numeric value to determine order of OEM offer. Higher numbers have higher priority. Therefore, an item with a higher sortPriority number (such as 94) will appear before an item with a lower number (such as 7).	Numeric value between 1 and 99 inclusive. Default is 1.
infotip	Short description of OEM offer that is displayed on mouse hover.	String with a maximum length of 255 characters.
keywords	Keywords used for search purposes.	String delimited by semicolon (;).
previewPicture	Path to a .png file for an OEM offer.	Absolute path to .png file. 128x128 pixels. If this value is omitted, the .ico file specified for the <icon> value for the offer will be displayed in its place (if the .ico can be scaled to 126x126).
previewBackground	Path to a .png file for an OEM offer background.	Absolute path to .png file. Maximum size is 800x178 pixels.
startText	Short description of getting started task.	String with a maximum length of 64 characters.
title	Title text for an OEM offer.	String with a maximum length of 255 characters.
bullet	Creates a bullet in front of the paragraph of text.	Absolute path to a .png file.
text	Text describing an OEM offer.	String with a maximum length of 255 characters.

Conditions

Each task can be displayed or hidden to users by setting certain conditional parameters. Conditions are interpreted every time the Welcome Center is started. If no condition is expressed, then the Welcome Center displays the task by default. Conditions are cumulative, meaning that the sum of all conditions expressed is used as display logic.

Conditions are expressed by a name and can contain a set of parameters. Each condition belongs to the shcond://v1 namespace. They are, therefore, expressed as <condition name="shcond://v1#%conditionName%">.

Each condition can also be inverted by using the invert="true" attribute. For example, to display a task in all versions of Windows Vista except Windows Vista Ultimate, use the following condition.

<condition name="shcond://v1#SkuEquals" invert="true">
   <parameter name="Sku" value="Ultimate" />
</condition>

The following table shows available condition names, parameters, values, and descriptions.

Condition Name	Parameters	Values	Description
RegvalEquals	Regkey Regval RegvalExpected	Registry key path Registry value name Expected registry value	Registry value is the expected value.
RegvalExists	Regkey Regval	Registry key path Registry value name	Registry value exists.
RegkeyExists	Regkey	Registry key path	Registry key exists.
IsMachineOnDomain	None	None	Computer is on a network domain.
IsUserAdmin	None	None	User is an administrator.
IsAuxDisplayConnected	None	None	An auxiliary display (Windows SideShow) is connected.
IsMobilePC	None	None	Computer is a mobile PC.
IsOfflineFilesEnabled	None	None	Offline Files has been enabled.
SkuEquals	1. Sku	1. Sku Name For a full list of Windows Vista SKUs, see this Microsoft Web site.	When setting this condition, do not use the full SKU name. Instead, use the values that corresponds to the desired SKU. Windows Vista Starter: starter Windows Vista Home Basic: homebasic Windows Vista Home Premium: homepremium Windows Vista Business: business Windows Vista Enterprise: enterprise Windows Vista Ultimate: ultimate
IsTabletPC	None	None	Computer is a Tablet PC.
IsTouchAvailable	None	None	Computer has a touch-enabled digitizer.
DateInRange	1. Before 2. After	1. Date and time 2. Date When combined these two make an offer valid for a certain range.	Set up a date range Use an invariant local date format (for example, 1/1/1977 5:00a.m.).

ISP Sign Up Offers

<oem> Section

The following table shows the available Oobe.xml settings and their allowed values for the <oem> section of Oobe.xml as they are used for ISP sign-up offers.

Setting	Description	Value
name	Name of the manufacturer. This is used as the title of the offer.	string
offer type	Must be list type for ISP offers.	list
showin	Parameter that determines where the offer is displayed.	both
details	Fuller description of OEM offer.	String with a maximum of 60 characters.
imagepath	Absolute path to a .bmp file.	Absolute path to 32-bit .bmp or .gif file. 32x32 pixels. PNG and ICO files are not supported.
detailsfilename	File containing details about the OEM offer. If this tag is omitted, the contents of the <details> tag are re-displayed on the details page.	Absolute path to an .rtf file. Embedded graphics cannot be displayed.
shellexecute	Path to the executable file for the OEM offer.	Absolute path to setup program for offer. Note Parameters cannot be passed by using this node. If parameters must be passed to the destination executable file, you can point to a batch file, a script, or another application that will then pass the appropriate parameters to the destination executable file.

See Also

Concepts

Oobe.xml Technical Reference