Thank you Harry for your help. Yesterday I called Microsoft and asked them
if it was possible to remove my husbands name from windows xp, and they
directed me to the following article.
Lisa
How to Change Name and Company Information After You Install Windows XP
View products that this article applies to.
Article ID : 310441
Last Review : June 11, 2002
Revision : 1.0
This article was previously published under Q310441
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that
you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For
information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click
the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
256986 (
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/256986/EN-US/) Description of the
Microsoft Windows Registry
This article discusses an undocumented and unsupported command-line
parameter. Microsoft does not support or encourage the use of this
parameter
and provides this article as information only. Use this parameter at your
own risk.
SUMMARY
This article discusses how to change your name and company information
after
you install Microsoft Windows XP.
MORE INFORMATION
When you install Windows, Setup requests that you enter your name, and
optionally, the organization name. This registration information is
displayed under Registered to in the General tab of System when you click
Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, and then
click System.
To change your name and company information after Windows is installed on
your computer, follow these steps:
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using
Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
4. To change the company name, do the following:
In the right pane, double-click RegisteredOrganization. Under Value
data, type the name that you want, and then click OK.
5. To change the name of the registered owner, do the following:
In the right pane, double-click RegisteredOwner. Under Value data,
type the name that you want, and then click OK.
6. Click Exit on the File menu to quit Registry Editor.
REFERENCES
For additional information about installing Windows XP, click the article
numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
286463 (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286463/EN-US/) Release Notes for
Windows XP Setup Contained in the Pro.txt File
306824 (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306824/EN-US/) Release Notes for
Windows XP Setup Contained in the Home.txt File
Harry Ohrn said:
As long as you transfer the laptop and the actual CD's for all software
installed then you are fine. However to change the registered user name that
appears can be tricky with some software. It would be in your husband's and
your brother's best interests to do a reinstall of the software so that your
husband's name is removed from all registry settings and your brother can
use his name (or whatever he chooses). The laptop should have come with a
Recovery CD or some process for taking it back to it's original state at the
time of purchase. Run that. Your brother should then reinstall any other
programs from their respective CDs that go with the gift.
--
Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
Lisa said:
Hi there
My husband bought a new laptop, and his old one we gave as a gift to my
brother that lives in another country. How can we transfer the
ownership
of
the old laptop to my brother's?
Windows XP home E. and all the other programs installed are registered in
my
husband's name, logon screen etc.
Your help is going to be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Lisa
