Change System Properties (Registered to)

[NevadaSam]

In viewing System Properties on my PC I see the display of

Registered to:
SJ
SJones

This information is the default for registering any new software which is installed.

How can I change this? I searched through regedit but have not found the exact location of this information.

Sam
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[Minkey]

It's under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOwner

 

[NevadaSam]

I got as far as the CurrentVersion folder but do not have the RegisteredOwner folder in the Registry. I also looked under a Window folder the same dir as Window NT. This most recent installation has not been registered with Microsoft yet, if that makes a different. But the information as it is showing up should be somewhere. There are just so many folders in the register.

Thanks for posting. I do now have a little utility program that changes that information very easily. I would however like to know where at in the Registry this information in located to add to my own knowledge.

 

[Minkey]

This most recent installation has not been registered with Microsoft yet, if that makes a different. But the information as it is showing up should be somewhere.

Well that's where it is on mine, though I should have checked that your using XP Home ? (though iirc that's the registry key for most recent versions of windows)

It should be there even if you've not registered yet as that's the name you give during installation.

 

[NevadaSam]

You are right! I was expanding the CurrentVersion folder and looking for a 'folder' named RegisteredOwner.

The owner and organization names are in a files name RegisteredOrganization and RegisteredOwner which are located in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ folder.

I have Windows XP Pro and that is the same location as my sister's PC which is a Home version.

Problem Solved!
Thanks,
Samantha