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Changing the Windows registered owner and organisation
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Posted by: Warez Monster

When you install Windows, the system asks you for your name and organisation details. The copy of Windows is then 'registered' to you. When installing other applications, this information is used to provide the default name and organisation details. If the registered owner has changed since the computer was first purchased, then you may wish to change the default values.
To set the default owner and organisation information:

Use a registry editing tool to navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

Change the value with the following details:
Data Type: SZ
Value Name: RegisteredOwner
Value: The name you wish to use

Change the value with the following details:
Data Type: SZ
Value Name: RegisteredOrganization
Value: The company or organisation name you wish to use

Reboot the computer for the changes to take effect.
Please note: This change only affects the Windows operating system. It does not change the registered owners of any application software.

Posted by: bacus23

I've been looking for this forever! Thanks!