license & registration

[Jean]

the person who intalled XP and upgraded us spelled our
last name incorrect in setting up. It bugs the heck out of
me each time I see the license info come up with the
misspelling. Is there a way to fix this? Do I need to go
through MS directly?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Change the Computer's Registered Owner in Windows XP
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_change_owner.htm

Microsoft Registration: Start > Run and type: REGWIZ /R ,
and hit enter.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| the person who intalled XP and upgraded us spelled our
| last name incorrect in setting up. It bugs the heck out of
| me each time I see the license info come up with the
| misspelling. Is there a way to fix this? Do I need to go
| through MS directly?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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the person who intalled XP and upgraded us spelled our
last name incorrect in setting up. It bugs the heck out of
me each time I see the license info come up with the
misspelling. Is there a way to fix this? Do I need to go
through MS directly?

Go to Start | Run and enter regedit. In regedit, go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion



Find RegisteredOwner in the right pane.



Double-click and change as desired.