re: Question about 'Change the Registered User Information'
Saturday, March 8, 2003 at 12:15 pm
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Posted by jabuck
(2274 messages posted)
Richard,you might try this start>run>type regedit>ok>click plus sign beside HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>click
+ sign beside software>click + sign beside microsoft>click + sign beside windows>
click the current version folder(not the + sign).Be Careful, you should make a back
up before editing---jabuck
On Thursday, March 6, 2003 at 7:07 pm, Richard Earl wrote:
>I have a question about Change
>the Registered User Information:
>
>Not a question, really. Just a comment. It didn't work for me!
>
>I followed the instructions for Win 95/98/Me to the keystroke. Guess what? Nowhere
>in my registry is there "RegisteredOrganization" or "RegisteredOwner" or "ProductID."
>
>I searched for the name that my system is using and found about 10 instances of
it.
>I changed the name wherever I found it in the registry, but the old name still shows
>up whenever a program needs it.
>
>I guess that, in a nutshell, is about the most frustrating thing about home computing
>for me. Whenever I'm knee-deep in an electronic minefield, the map in my hands cannot
>be relied upon to be correct.
>
>I'm sure glad my physician and surgeon don't have the same shoddy attitude towards
>detail as the writers of software handbooks do! I nearly lose my mind with anger
>when, after spending three days following the directions, I finally get to some
snotty
>kid in "technical support" who laughs when he says..."Oh, ya... the manual's wrong
>there."
>
>Doesn't ANYBODY in this business take responsibility for ANYTHING? The hardware
isn't
>guaranteed. The software isn't guaranteed. The information isn't guaranteed to be
>correct. About the ONLY thing that's guaranteed is that whatever we buy, however
>much we pay, we are guaranteed to get screwed sooner or later.
>
>
>
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