how can I change the registered name

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Hi,
I have loaded XP home onto a laptop but in the process I typed the wrong
name and now although the start up user is correct the 'Registered to: ' in
System Properties - General is the wrong name. How can I change that name.
Thanks
Lenny

 

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Navigate to;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
and edit the Reg_Sz strings:

"RegisteredOrganization"
"RegisteredOwner"

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"lenny" wrote:
| Hi,
| I have loaded XP home onto a laptop but in the process I typed the wrong
| name and now although the start up user is correct the 'Registered to: '
in
| System Properties - General is the wrong name. How can I change that name.
| Thanks
| Lenny
|
|

 

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Go to Regedit and go the following key and change it there

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOwner



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"lenny" <lenny109@takeout.hotmail.com> wrote in message newscadnfgWbuAlULPeRVnygA@pipex.net...
> Hi,
> I have loaded XP home onto a laptop but in the process I typed the wrong
> name and now although the start up user is correct the 'Registered to: ' in
> System Properties - General is the wrong name. How can I change that name.
> Thanks
> Lenny
>
>

 

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thanks

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ex$wDnSvFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Go to Regedit and go the following key and change it there

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOwner



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Peter

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"lenny" <lenny109@takeout.hotmail.com> wrote in message
newscadnfgWbuAlULPeRVnygA@pipex.net...
> Hi,
> I have loaded XP home onto a laptop but in the process I typed the wrong
> name and now although the start up user is correct the 'Registered to: '
> in
> System Properties - General is the wrong name. How can I change that name.
> Thanks
> Lenny
>
>