Registered owner change?

[MG.]

Hello to all. I recently gave my old PC's to my 2 girls for their use. I
wanted to change the registered user names to theirs and also delete the
last name from this for cookie privacy.
I searched MS's knowledge base and couldn't come up with anything and the
tip form annoyances.org (drill down the registry to | Microsoft | Windows |
Current Version| ) and there's no matching key for "registered owner".
Any help will be appreciated and thanks in advance to all who reply.
Best regards,
Morey G.

 

[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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| Hello to all. I recently gave my old PC's to my 2 girls for their use. I
| wanted to change the registered user names to theirs and also delete the
| last name from this for cookie privacy.
| I searched MS's knowledge base and couldn't come up with anything and the
| tip form annoyances.org (drill down the registry to | Microsoft | Windows |
| Current Version| ) and there's no matching key for "registered owner".
| Any help will be appreciated and thanks in advance to all who reply.
| Best regards,
| Morey G.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

MG;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
RegisteredOrganization
RegisteredOwner

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
RegisteredOrganization
RegisteredOwner

 

[MG.]

Wes,
Thanks for the heads up. I couldn't find the key because I wasn't looking
under "NT". Just windows! One more question please:
If I change the folder name "C:\Documents and Settings\"my name"\ etc."
will that foul anything up in terms of my home network? (pointers, routes,
etc).
Thanks again and regards,
Morey G

 

[Wesley Vogel]

MG;
You betcha! I don't remember all the particulars, but yes it will foul things up.
Even if you were a stand alone machine. You have to create a new user or something.
Sorry I don't remember the whys.