Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Change Registered Owners

One of the features which Windows doesn't have is the ability to change the owners name or the organization that the system was registered to.  A better solution to this problem is Registry hack.

This Registry hack is very simple. Remember to back up your Registry before you make any changes to it. A Registry with errors can cause your system to run slow, crash, or even not boot at all.

1. Go to Start and search for regedit. Windows XP users will have to go to Start, Run and type in regedit then click okay.


2. Expand the following on the left menu tree:
H_Key_Local_Machine
Software
Microsoft
Current Version


3. On the right you should see a registry key that is called RegisteredOwner. Double click this key and you can change it’s value. This will change the owner’s name.


4. If you want you can also change RegisteredOrganization also. You will double click the key like you did RegisteredOwner and change the value.


5. Close your Registry

To check the if the changes have taken place, you can run Winver from a Run prompt or in Vista you can search for this application.


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