Re: registered user

[DebbieG]

This was just what I was looking for. Thanks!

"Russ" > wrote in message
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> you can check to see who the pc is registered to, right
> click on My Computer>Properties. To change that go to
> Start>Run, type in: regedit, hit enter, go to
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows
> NT/CurrentVersion, look for RegisteredOwner, right click
> on it and Modify. You may have to change the user name as
> well, You can change that by go to Control Panel>User
> Accounts, and click on the name you want to change and
> click Change Name, You may also want to change it in here
> if it hasn't changed, Start>Run, type in: compmgmt.msc, go
> to Local Users and Groups, right click and select
> Properties. You may want to see if the Documents folder
> has changed, if not My Computer and right click on the
> name and rename. Try this and it should do the trick.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >i bought an open box computer with xp installed from a
> >retail store. the first purchaser installed his name in
> xp
> >as the registered owner. i cannot find information
> >anywhere on how to delete him and all his associated
> files
> >and folders. can anyone help?
> >
> >thanks
> >.
> >