Well, I found out how to do it, and now I’m going to tell you how! Here you go:
Note: To change the registered owner’s name, we are going to edit the registry. As always, please make sure that you back up your registry before continuing.
To get to the registry editor, go to your Start button and left-click on it. Then go to the right side and left-click on Run. If your computer doesn’t have a Run button located here and you’d like to add one, click here for instructions. Another way to access the Run line, is to hold the Windows key and hit the R key (Win+R). In the Run line, type regedit
You are now looking at your registry editor. Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version
When you have gotten to the Current Version part of the key, leave it highlighted.
When you are looking at the registry editor, you can see that the left pane is where we were navigating. In the right pane you can see RegisteredOrganization and RegisteredOwner.
Since you want to change the name of the Registered Owner, right-click on RegisteredOwner in the right pane. A box will pop up. Left-click on Modify.
A new box will pop up. Type the name of the new Registered Owner in the box where the old name was. Left-click on OK.
Now when you look at the right pane, the new registered owner is listed.
And that’s all there is to it!
~ Lori Cline
Tags: registry
thank you for this post, i learned a little bit….gene
Thanks! I rented this computer and it had the name of the company. Once I paid it off I wanted it to be fully mine. Now I’m one step closer to that goal. You’re awesome! The next step is that they named the “My Documents” folder “ABC” and I want to to be “My Documents” got any idea how to make that magic happen? Right click/rename is not an option.