Re-setting used laptop

[Guest]

I bought a used laptop. Under My Computer, the old owner is listed under
Registered To: How do I change that? I can't find where to reset that.

TIA

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I bought a used laptop. Under My Computer, the old owner is listed
under Registered To: How do I change that? I can't find where to
reset that.

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.

But if you just want to change the "Registered to" name, you can do so by
editing HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\RegisteredOwner
with Regedit.

 

[Carlos Barini]

Start > Run > 'regedit'
Edit > Find >
put the name as check only DATA !

Change the names !