How do you set the "Registered to:" name and company in Windows XP?

[Ron Bogart]

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I cannot find how to set the "Registered to:" information that is
located in the System Properties menu. This information is used in
all my Office products such as the Track Changes option in Word. This
information simply says Your Name and Your Company Name along with
what I think is my serial number or activation code for my version of
Windows. I activated and registered my version of Windows XP on line
which I thought would set these values, but that did not work.

I have one other oddity that makes me think I might have a Registry
problem. When I restart Windows, my Most Recently Used programs list
under the Start button is always set back to the default (i.e. Tour
XP, Windows Messenger, etc.). I'd like to fix this problem as well,
but have struggled trying to find a solution in the on-line Knowledge
Base for days.
Thanks in advance!!

Ross

HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindoesNT\CurrentVersion Change
Registered Owner value

 

[WTC]

To change the values that displays when you right click My Computer and
select properties, change:

do into Registry by Clicking on Start then Run and enter regedit



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
RegisteredOwner = "your name"
RegisteredOrganization = "your company name"

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Please fix your system clock - you've been posting from the future. Thanks!

 

[David Candy]

It's not used by office at all. Office uses the current users name as the Registered To. It asked you when you first started the program.

EG For User A it says Reg To User A, For User B it says Reg To User B.

To change the name you want office to use
Tools - Options - User Info

Note this applies to Word 2000 and later. 97 and before only a reinstall can change the Registered To name for office but you can still set a user name for everything else.

 

[Ross LaBarbera]

I cannot find how to set the "Registered to:" information that is located in
the System Properties menu. This information is used in all my Office
products such as the Track Changes option in Word. This information simply
says Your Name and Your Company Name along with what I think is my serial
number or activation code for my version of Windows. I activated and
registered my version of Windows XP on line which I thought would set these
values, but that did not work.

I have one other oddity that makes me think I might have a Registry problem.
When I restart Windows, my Most Recently Used programs list under the Start
button is always set back to the default (i.e. Tour XP, Windows Messenger,
etc.). I'd like to fix this problem as well, but have struggled trying to
find a solution in the on-line Knowledge Base for days.

Thanks in advance!!

Ross

 

[Kelly]

Hi Ross,

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

For Office XP: Modify folder number as needed depending on Office version.

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Installer\Userdata\SID\Products\GUID\InstallProperties

In the left pane change: RegOwner and RegCompany

Once done, naviagate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common\UserInfo

Per:

Office 2000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Uninstall\{00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}]

Office XP
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Uninstall\{90280409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0050048383C9}]

Change the value of "RegCompany" and "RegOwner" to the required registered
company and user names.

Then find the following registry key for your Office version.

Office 2000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common]

Office XP
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common]

And rename the sub-key called "UserInfo" to "OldUserInfo".

Exit your registry, close all the Office programs and restart one. The
registered company should now be changed on both the splash screen and in
the About dialog box.

And rename it: OldUserInfo

Once done navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Data and delete the
Data subkey in the left pane.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com