change PC owner account info

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Jim W.

Hi,

I have given my PC to a family member and he wants to
change the account info. (Doc directory structure still
shows my name). Also, anytime he installs a new program
my account info comes up (i.e., name, etc). If there a
easy way to change this root info. I have rename his
current user from me to him, but this other root info
still exist.

Thanks

Jim
 
You might be able to but dont forget the computer and
xp is registered to operate on a single license from
microsoft,its not transferable.But you can edit in
system properties,users,computer name,etc.How it'll
work if they have to reinstall xp,re-register,and the
name doesnt match,doesnt look promising.
 
If you use regedit and search the registry for your current user name you
can then edit the key that contains this data so XP will report it as being
registered to the new user.

I do not know the ins and outs of legalities with Microsoft, knowing them
you can only probably only change ownership on the 30th of Feburary......
 
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