changing registered owner

[RustyM]

Hi- I got just got an (used) older pc with windows 2000 professional (on a
windows ME) already installed.
How can I change who it is registered to (under system properties>general
tab), to me since I own this pc now. Presently. it is registered to a bunch
of numbers (no name listed). Can I place my name on this pc now that I am
the sole owner of it?

 

[Dave B.]

Do this CARFULLY
Start > Run > type regedit
click edit, then find, type registeredowner, when it finds the correct key,
(make sure it matches what's there already) right click and select modify
and insert what you want, then exit regedit.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please see the following link to Doug Knox's web site:

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

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Will Denny
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[RustyM]

Thanks Dave- Did exactly as you said & worked exactly as you said with no
problems.!!

Do this CARFULLY
Start > Run > type regedit
click edit, then find, type registeredowner, when it finds the correct
key, (make sure it matches what's there already) right click and select
modify and insert what you want, then exit regedit.

 

[Peter R. Fletcher]

You are now the owner of the computer (assuming that the person who
sold it to you was the previous legal owner). It is less clear whether
you are the owner of the software on it!

If the person who sold it to you also gave you any system disks,
Certificates of Authenticity, or other proofs of software licensure
which appertain to the system (and/or other) software on the machine,
then you are in reasonably good shape. If (s)he didn't, then you are
at least arguably using pirated software. A laptop registered to "a
bunch of numbers" and running Win2000 Pro, was also almost certainly
previously owned by a company rather than an individual - unless the
way you "got" it is consistent with that, I would be worried about it
having been stolen.

Hi- I got just got an (used) older pc with windows 2000 professional (on a
windows ME) already installed.
How can I change who it is registered to (under system properties>general
tab), to me since I own this pc now. Presently. it is registered to a bunch
of numbers (no name listed). Can I place my name on this pc now that I am
the sole owner of it?

Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher