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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. > > >




Written in response to:
Question about 'Change the Registered User Information' (Richard Earl: Thursday, March 6, 2003 at 7:07 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: Question about 'Change the Registered User Information' (Richard Earl: Saturday, March 8, 2003 at 5:47 pm)
*re: Question about 'Change the Registered User Information' (Paul: Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 4:28 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Question about 'Change the Registered User Information' (Richard Earl: Thu, Mar 6, 2003, 7:07 pm)
*re: Question about 'Change the Registered User Information' (Ron: Thu, Mar 6, 2003, 7:41 pm)
-re: Question about 'Change the Registered User Information' (jabuck: Sat, Mar 8, 2003, 12:15 pm)
*re: Question about 'Change the Registered User Information' (Richard Earl: Sat, Mar 8, 2003, 5:47 pm)
-re: Question about 'Change the Registered User Information' (Paul: Thu, Feb 16, 2006, 4:28 am)
*re: Question about 'Change the Registered User Information' (jabuck: Thu, Feb 16, 2006, 2:11 pm)
*re: Question about 'Change the Registered User Information' (Lucy: Thu, Apr 8, 2004, 12:59 pm)
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