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Ray Burcham

I had windows 2000 pro installed and the "pro" who
installed the system spelled the name wrong. I corrected
the name in the properties of my computer, but the old
name is still prompted in new installations. How do I
change the registered name at installation after system
has already been installed? Thank you for your time.
 
Ray Burcham said:
I had windows 2000 pro installed and the "pro" who
installed the system spelled the name wrong. I corrected
the name in the properties of my computer, but the old
name is still prompted in new installations. How do I
change the registered name at installation after system
has already been installed? Thank you for your time.
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It could be entered in several places
run regedit and then go to "find"

enter your name exactly as it was mis-spelled
then search.
then *modify* the entry with your correct spelling
 
You must change it in the Registry. You should find it as the value named "RegisteredOwner" under this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
 
I had windows 2000 pro installed and the "pro" who
installed the system spelled the name wrong. I corrected
the name in the properties of my computer, but the old
name is still prompted in new installations. How do I
change the registered name at installation after system
has already been installed? Thank you for your time.
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Hi Ray,

In the registry (regedit is okay for this)
Search for the name spelled wrong
Each instance it shows up, d/c the line item and change it
You might make a note of what you changed in case you misspell
it.
hehe

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