- Can I modify the name WindowsXP is registered to?

[Jon Yeager]

Tech guy misspelled my name when installing Windows for me. Can someone tell
me how to fix this? It's annoying. Every new program I install has the name
field pre-populated with this misspelled name.

Thanks.

 

[Greg Burns]

Change it with regedit

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

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Tech guy misspelled my name when installing Windows for me. Can someone tell
me how to fix this? It's annoying. Every new program I install has the name
field pre-populated with this misspelled name.

Thanks.

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

How this will affect the name displayed in previously installed
applications will vary depending upon each individual program; some
read the registered owner information dynamically, while others read
it only during installation.


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Bruce Chambers

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