removing past owners information

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i was given a computer from a friend, how do i remove their information from
the computer, i am the administrator, but it still shows their name at
start-up and various other places, like when i download a file, it wants to
place the file by default into their folder. thanks
 
Navigate to;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
and edit the Reg_Sz strings:

"RegisteredOrganization"
"RegisteredOwner"

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|i was given a computer from a friend, how do i remove their information
from
| the computer, i am the administrator, but it still shows their name at
| start-up and various other places, like when i download a file, it wants
to
| place the file by default into their folder. thanks
 
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clyffcarlock said:
i was given a computer from a friend, how do i remove their
information from the computer, i am the administrator, but it
still
shows their name at start-up and various other places, like
when i
download a file, it wants to place the file by default into
their
folder. thanks
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If I bought a used computer, the first thing I would do with it
would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no
idea how the computer has been maintained, what has been
installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware
there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's
mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I
wouldn't recommend that anyone else do either.
 
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If I bought a used computer, the first thing I would do with it
would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no
idea how the computer has been maintained, what has been
installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware
there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's
mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I
wouldn't recommend that anyone else do either.
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I allmost agree :-)

First thing to do though is: make an image of everything that is
on the drive. "You have no idea" what hardware has been installed
over time and where the required drivers are now :-)

If you have a working system, make an image.

If your fresh install fails at any stage, you'll have something
to go back to :-)
 
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