How do I change windows XP registered user and organisation?

Question

I just bought a new PC without an operating system, I also bought a legitimate OEM copy of windows XP to install on it. It installed fine but didn't ask me for a user name or organisation name. Now if I check system properties in My Computer the 'registered to' fields are defaulted to 'Your User Name' and 'Your Organization Name'. How do I change these to match my personal details? Thanks

Answer 1

I just answered this question for someone else the other day

Follow the instructions here carefully: http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Regist...

This procedure is also detailed in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, article 310441: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310441

Be very careful not to change anything else in the registry. If you don't know what you're doing you could seriously mess up your computer so make sure you follow the instructions closely.

The values that need to be changed are located in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion

Answer 2

Changing Operating System Admin.Name  



You need to make changes in a couple places. Start first with the registration. This requires editing the Registry. Before you do that, back it up. To do that, click Start and then Run. In the Run box type, ‘regedit” without the quotes and then click ok.  This will open the Registry Editor.  Now click “File” and then “Export”.  Export the Registry to your Desktop.  If you make an error while editing the Registry you can click “Import”.  Navigate to the copy of the Registry that you saved and click “Ok”.  

Next.  

In the Registry Editor, scroll down and open the following:

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ by clicking the little + signs.  Next scroll down to “Current Version and click on the folder so that it opens in the “Right Pane”.

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In the right pane, double-click Registered Organization. In the

box under Value Data, change the name or leave it blank.  Next, Double- click

Registered Owner. Change the name to your own. Close the Registry Editor.



Now you have to change the user account. To do that, click Start> Control Panel. Double-click User Accounts. When the User Accounts

window opens, find "pick an account to change." Click the one that

has the old name. On the next window, click "Change my name." Enter your name and click Change Name.

On the same window where you clicked "Change my name," you also can

add a password or change your picture. To add a password, click "Create password." Enter your password twice and click Create Password.

To change the picture, click "Change my picture." This will take you

to a window with a selection of 24 pictures. To use one, click it and click Change Picture.

You can also add your own picture. Click "Browse for more pictures."

You can use any picture you have on your hard drive. It should be saved as a JPEG--such as Filename.jpg. Click the picture file and click Open.

Answer 3

Control Panel > Search for 'Name' > select the one that says PC Name or Computer Name and go ahead and change it.

Answer 4

You may also change the user name and Org. by clicking the following:

Start, control panel,system, computer name.  now change the name and org. there.

enjoy your computer.

Answer 5

Go into the registry and search for "your user name" etc and replace them with your info.

Start| Run |  regedit