How do I change Registered To in Windows XP Pro

[tomm]

Can anyone tell me how to change the "Registered To" on
the General Tab under Control Panel/System. I bought a
Dell laptop for my son for college, but had it delivered
to a neighbor's house as we were away. Dell kindly
configured the "Registered To" with my neighbor's name,
and now every time my son loads some new software, it
auto-populates the "Registered To" with that name. It's
driving him nuts, and he's driving me nuts.
Thanks for any advice anyone can provide.

[Chris Lanier]

Line 07. Change Registered Owner and Organization
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

"tomm" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone tell me how to change the "Registered To" on
> the General Tab under Control Panel/System. I bought a
> Dell laptop for my son for college, but had it delivered
> to a neighbor's house as we were away. Dell kindly
> configured the "Registered To" with my neighbor's name,
> and now every time my son loads some new software, it
> auto-populates the "Registered To" with that name. It's
> driving him nuts, and he's driving me nuts.
> Thanks for any advice anyone can provide.

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Change Owner and Organization.

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"tomm" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone tell me how to change the "Registered To" on
> the General Tab under Control Panel/System. I bought a
> Dell laptop for my son for college, but had it delivered
> to a neighbor's house as we were away. Dell kindly
> configured the "Registered To" with my neighbor's name,
> and now every time my son loads some new software, it
> auto-populates the "Registered To" with that name. It's
> driving him nuts, and he's driving me nuts.
> Thanks for any advice anyone can provide.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

To fix the "Registered to" information for WinNT/2K/XP, you can use
Start > Run > Regedit.exe to edit:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\RegisteredOwner

and:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current
Version\RegisteredOrganization


Bruce Chambers

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"tomm" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone tell me how to change the "Registered To" on
> the General Tab under Control Panel/System. I bought a
> Dell laptop for my son for college, but had it delivered
> to a neighbor's house as we were away. Dell kindly
> configured the "Registered To" with my neighbor's name,
> and now every time my son loads some new software, it
> auto-populates the "Registered To" with that name. It's
> driving him nuts, and he's driving me nuts.
> Thanks for any advice anyone can provide.

[toms94]

OK I got the change made to the Registered To:, but the folder in "Documents and settings" will not allow me to change the name. Where do I make this change? Thanks for the help.

Greetings --

To fix the "Registered to" information for WinNT/2K/XP, you can use
Start Run Regedit.exe to edit:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\RegisteredOwner

and:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current
Version\RegisteredOrganization


Bruce Chambers

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"tomm" wrote in message
...
Can anyone tell me how to change the "Registered To" on
the General Tab under Control Panel/System. I bought a
Dell laptop for my son for college, but had it delivered
to a neighbor's house as we were away. Dell kindly
configured the "Registered To" with my neighbor's name,
and now every time my son loads some new software, it
auto-populates the "Registered To" with that name. It's
driving him nuts, and he's driving me nuts.
Thanks for any advice anyone can provide.

[Malke]

toms94 wrote:

>
> OK I got the change made to the Registered To:, but the folder in
> "Documents and settings" will not allow me to change the name. Where
> do
> I make this change? Thanks for the help.
>
These are two separate issues. What you want to do now is to change the
account name. Since changing the account name will not change the
underlying files/folders, the way to do this is to create a new user
account, copy data to it from the old user account, and then delete the
old user account if desired. Here is a link that will walk you through
the process:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811151

Please note that you will need to log into the new user account once
before you can copy anything to it. I believe the article leaves out
that necessary step.

Malke
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[toms94]

toms94 wrote:


OK I got the change made to the Registered To:, but the folder in
"Documents and settings" will not allow me to change the name. Where
do
I make this change? Thanks for the help.

These are two separate issues. What you want to do now is to change the
account name. Since changing the account name will not change the
underlying files/folders, the way to do this is to create a new user
account, copy data to it from the old user account, and then delete the
old user account if desired. Here is a link that will walk you through
the process:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811151

Please note that you will need to log into the new user account once
before you can copy anything to it. I believe the article leaves out
that necessary step.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


Malke, thanks for the info.

[Bruce Chambers]

toms94 wrote:
> OK I got the change made to the Registered To:, but the folder in
> "Documents and settings" will not allow me to change the name. Where do
> I make this change? Thanks for the help.
>


The user profile folders (C:\Documents and Settings\Username)
_cannot_ be renamed, even if the associated user account has been.
So, your best course of action would be to log on using the built-in
Administrator account, create a new user account, with the username
desired. You can then delete the old user account(s).

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151


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