xp gegistration name change

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I have had to have my syster restored and the person who
did this for me has registered xp but spelt my name
wrong, how can I corect all the system settings folders
and registered system name to the correct one?
 
Doug said:
I have had to have my syster restored and the person who
did this for me has registered xp but spelt my name
wrong, how can I corect all the system settings folders
and registered system name to the correct one?
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Open Regedit (Start - Run, type Regedit and click OK) and navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion in the left
hand folder. Click CurrentVersion once. Then, in the right hand folder,
double click RegisteredOwner and enter the correct information. Double
click RegisteredOrganization and enter the correct data. Close Regedit.
 
For the registered user, see www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Change
Owner and Organization. For the Documents and Settings\<username> folder,
you'll have to create a new account with the name as you want it to appear,
and then copy the old user profile to the new one. Copy a User Profile:

Open System in Control Panel. On the User Profiles tab, and under Profiles
stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to copy, and then
click Copy To.

In the Copy To dialog box, under Copy profile to, type the location for the
new profile, or click Browse to select the path.
Click Change to open the Choose User dialog box, click a new user from the
Names list, and then click Add. The new user name will appear in Add Name.
Click OK to add the user as a new user profile on your computer.

Note: You must be logged on as an administrator to the local computer to
copy user profiles. To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to
Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate icon.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151
How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
 
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