[BUG] - "Configure OEM Information" Tweak Conflicts with Visual Studio Project Defaults

[meetox80]

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Description

The current atlas configuration sets a system-wide registry key that interferes with the default behavior of many build tools, including Visual Studio, Inno Setup, and Turbo Studio.

the script at src/playbook/Configuration/tweaks/misc/config-oem-information.yml modifies the RegisteredOrganization value in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion registry key

whiel this correctly brands the os in some areas, it has an unintended side effect. This behavior is not limited to Visual Studio; many other packaging tools, also read this RegisteredOrganization value to pre-fill details when building installers or executables.

It's important to note that this registry value only appears in the winver dialog and is no longer used in the main "About" page on Windows 11 settings.

Steps to reproduce

1. On a system with AtlasOS, ensure you have visual stuio (e.g vs2022) with .NET desktop development workload
2. Launch vs2022 and select Create a new project
3. Choose the .net framework (frame/wpf/console) template for C# and proceed
4. Once the project is created, navigate to the Solution Explorer
5. Expand the Properties folder and open the AssemblyInfo.cs
6. Observe the AssemblyCompany and AssemblyCopyright attributes. You will find they are automatically populated with the atlas version information. By default, AssemblyCompany is just an empty string; Visual Studio only pre-fills it if it finds a value in the specific RegisteredOrganization registry key

Expected behavior

New projects or packages should generate standard metadata with an empty company attribute by default, unaffected by AtlasOS's system branding.

Actual behavior

Atlas Version

Atlas v0.4.1 for Windows 11 24H2

Desktop information

not relevant to this issue. no fingerprinting for you, thanks! ;)

Additional content

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[RadNotRed]

We cannot fix VS taking off of RegisteredOrganization, so you will need to either manually remove the property from metadata, set the RegisteredOrganization key to empty (DO NOT DELETE) or run this quick script below in Powershell as Administrator:

Set-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' -Name 'RegisteredOrganization' -Value ""

[meetox80]

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