changing owners on computer

[Guest]

this may be a silly question but a friend gave me his old computer. Is there
anyway i can change the name the computer is registered too When i goto
control panel then system it says computer is registered to dan whan to
change that to teresa

 

[Ken Blake]

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this may be a silly question but a friend gave me his old
computer.
Is there anyway i can change the name the computer is
registered too
When i goto control panel then system it says computer is
registered
to dan whan to change that to teresa

Read here:

"Change the Register Owner/Organization in Windows XP"

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_change_owner.htm

However, if I bought a used computer, the first thing I would do
with it would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You
have no idea how the computer has been maintained, what has been
installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware
there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's
mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I
wouldn't recommend that anyone else do either.

 

[Guest]

Try RegisteredOwner key in the registry (Start -> Run -> Regedit).

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOwner

Hope this helps!
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[Guest]

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Read here:

"Change the Register Owner/Organization in Windows XP"

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_change_owner.htm

However, if I bought a used computer, the first thing I would do
with it would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You
have no idea how the computer has been maintained, what has been
installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware
there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's
mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I
wouldn't recommend that anyone else do either.


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thank that worked for me ya if i did not knoe the person well i would have changed all but i know he cleaned it up befor giving it to me . thanks again

 

[Kelly]

Hi Theresa,

In addition:

Change Registered Owner and Organization (Line 7)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Change Computer Name (Line 109)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Change My Computer Name to User Name (Line 131)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

How to change the company name and user name in Office XP programs
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290528

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Troubleshooting Windows XP
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[Bruce Chambers]

this may be a silly question but a friend gave me his old computer. Is there
anyway i can change the name the computer is registered too When i goto
control panel then system it says computer is registered to dan whan to
change that to teresa

With second-hand computers, especially if acquired from strangers
but sometimes even if acquired from a family member or friend, your
wisest course of action would probably be to format the hard drives and
start fresh. You don't want to get in trouble because the original
owner may have filled the hard drive with kiddie porn, or have problems
because the original owner downloaded/installed viruses or other malware.

However, 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.

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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[Ken Blake]

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You're welcome. If it were me, I would have reformatted and
started over even if I knew the person well. There are lots of
people who I know well, and would trust with all sorts of things,
but who I wouldn't trust to maintain a computer correctly. But
your choice, of course.