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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Defenestrate Bill Gates !!

Regards,
Ron

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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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To my great surprise and delight, I found the RegisteredOwner value, modified it, and voila! Now why on earth didn't it show up when I clicked on the "+" sign? There aren't really gnarly nerds tucked away somewhere whose ONLY job is to make everyone else miserable, are there? Thank you JABUCK!


On Saturday, March 8, 2003 at 12:15 pm, jabuck wrote:
>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
>
>

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My brother just managed to do this for me control pannel>change user accounts>change account Worked for me! my new pc now says my name instead of the former owners (my brothers!) HTH and was what you are getting at! Lisax


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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Brilliant! Thanks a lot to jabuck for this - it is the ONLY sensible bit of understanding of the prob I have found and it saved me a lot of grief. Been trying to change registered owner since I took the pc home after my mum died, hate seeing her name in it all the time, upsetting. Of course it makes sense, the setting is in that folder not a subfolder. But you can get really stuck into clicking the crosses, forgeting the folder's own contents. Ta!


On Saturday, March 8, 2003 at 12:15 pm, jabuck wrote:
>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
>
>

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Sorry to hear about you Mum, and happy that we could help you find a resolution to your computer problem. Thanks for the follow-up---jabuck


On Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 4:28 am, Paul wrote:
>Brilliant! Thanks a lot to jabuck for this - it is the ONLY sensible bit of understanding
>of the prob I have found and it saved me a lot of grief. Been trying to change registered
>owner since I took the pc home after my mum died, hate seeing her name in it all
>the time, upsetting. Of course it makes sense, the setting is in that folder not
>a subfolder. But you can get really stuck into clicking the crosses, forgeting the
>folder's own contents. Ta!
>
>
>

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