changing registered owner

Thanks Dave- Did exactly as you said & worked exactly as you said with no
problems.!!

"Dave B." <mail DeleteThis @nomail.com> wrote in message
news:OUifsftyGHA.4104@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Do this CARFULLY
> Start > Run > type regedit
> click edit, then find, type registeredowner, when it finds the correct
> key, (make sure it matches what's there already) right click and select
> modify and insert what you want, then exit regedit.
>
> "RustyM" <RM@RMcom> wrote in message
> news:uUzHMbtyGHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi- I got just got an (used) older pc with windows 2000 professional (on
>> a windows ME) already installed.
>> How can I change who it is registered to (under system properties>general
>> tab), to me since I own this pc now. Presently. it is registered to a
>> bunch of numbers (no name listed). Can I place my name on this pc now
>> that I am the sole owner of it?
>>
>> --
>> Thanks so very much for your help-! ! ! !
>>
>
>

Hi

Please see the following link to Doug Knox's web site:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_change_owner.htm

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"RustyM" <RM@RMcom> wrote in message
news:uUzHMbtyGHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi- I got just got an (used) older pc with windows 2000 professional (on a
> windows ME) already installed.
> How can I change who it is registered to (under system properties>general
> tab), to me since I own this pc now. Presently. it is registered to a
> bunch of numbers (no name listed). Can I place my name on this pc now that
> I am the sole owner of it?
>
> --
> Thanks so very much for your help-! ! ! !
>

You are now the owner of the computer (assuming that the person who
sold it to you was the previous legal owner). It is less clear whether
you are the owner of the software on it!

If the person who sold it to you also gave you any system disks,
Certificates of Authenticity, or other proofs of software licensure
which appertain to the system (and/or other) software on the machine,
then you are in reasonably good shape. If (s)he didn't, then you are
at least arguably using pirated software. A laptop registered to "a
bunch of numbers" and running Win2000 Pro, was also almost certainly
previously owned by a company rather than an individual - unless the
way you "got" it is consistent with that, I would be worried about it
having been stolen.

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:18:52 -0700, "RustyM" <RM@RMcom> wrote:

>Hi- I got just got an (used) older pc with windows 2000 professional (on a
>windows ME) already installed.
>How can I change who it is registered to (under system properties>general
>tab), to me since I own this pc now. Presently. it is registered to a bunch
>of numbers (no name listed). Can I place my name on this pc now that I am
>the sole owner of it?

Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher