Change registered user and owner in XP

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I have just brought a second hand Laptop

I am trying to change the registered user and owner to me

I have gone to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWSNT\CURRENTVERSION

and changed to my details there.

I have also gone into the WINLOGON and changed my details there.

There is already set up an Administrator. I have set up a new Administrator with my details both in
control userpasswords2.

When I right click START the other user is still shown there, but I cannot access any of his details to delete.

Now when I switch the PC on it goes via my new logon as administrator with basic icons on the desktop. This is not a problem as I can add icons for the programs I wish to use, but I would like to be able to remove the exisiting owners folders when I use the explore function.

Can anybody advise how to do this, and also if there are any other settings that I should also change.

Thanks - any help appreciated
 

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