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Sometimes when you purchase a PC that
comes with XP pre-installed the actually copy of XP (usually
on OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) copy) may be
registered to the company that build the PC. To change the
registration details do the following.
NOTE
Before proceeding to edit the Registry be
sure to make a backup copy.
1/ Click the Start Button
2/ From the Start menu click Run
3/ In the Run dialog box type: regedit
4/ The Registry editor will now open
5/ Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current
Version
6/ Once you have reached the Current
Version key take a look in the Right Hand Pane and look for
'Registered Owner'
7/ Right click the Registered Owner key
to edit it
8/ To edit the key Right click the entry
and select Modify
9/ At the same time you might also like
to change the Registered organisation. This option is
situated just above the registered owner option.
10/ To edit the key Right Click the entry
and select Modify
Important Note
While the above will change the name
and details of the Registered owner of the computer you may
still see instances of the previous owner in Windows
Explorer under the User section, i.e. Documents etc. If this
is the case then you will need to Create a new User Profile
(User Account) for yourself (see Question 91
Create New User
Profile )
Once you have created a new User
Account for yourself you can the Delete the User Account
that belonged to the previous owner (see Question 92
Delete A User Account
)
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