I bought my computer used and I would like to know how to
get the previous owner's information out of the computer
and reregister it to myself

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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"Yolanda Giles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:09dc01c3419d$09f46b70$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I bought my computer used and I would like to know how to
> get the previous owner's information out of the computer
> and reregister it to myself

Bruce....

On the same note, what if the OS was installed as Gateway with their
name as owner and organization? Would changing to my name affect any
registration or validation problems with XPPro?

Thanks

Bruce Chambers wrote:

> 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
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> ----
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> having both at once. -- RAH
>
>
> "Yolanda Giles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:09dc01c3419d$09f46b70$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>I bought my computer used and I would like to know how to
>>get the previous owner's information out of the computer
>>and reregister it to myself
>
>
>

Greetings --

Not at all. All that's affected is the registered
owner/organization as displayed on the local machine. It's a purely
cosmetic feature.

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
----
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"burris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:MzVNa.7169$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Bruce....
>
> On the same note, what if the OS was installed as Gateway with their
> name as owner and organization? Would changing to my name affect any
> registration or validation problems with XPPro?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce Chambers wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> > Help us help you:
> > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> > ----
> > You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> > having both at once. -- RAH
> >
> >
> > "Yolanda Giles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:09dc01c3419d$09f46b70$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>I bought my computer used and I would like to know how to
> >>get the previous owner's information out of the computer
> >>and reregister it to myself
> >
> >
> >
>
>