One of the features which Windows doesn’t have is the ability to change the owners name or the organization that the system was registered to.   There maybe times that you need to change this information.  For example if your company’s name changes, or  if your friend gets a new computer from a relative and really wants his name to be the owner instead of his aunt’s.  At this point you may state that he should reinstall Windows.  But there is a better solution with a Registry hack.

This Registry hack is very simple.  As we always state, remember to back up  your Registry before you make any changes to it.  A Registry with errors can cause your system to run slow, crash, or even not boot at all.

1. Go to Start  and search for regedit.  Windows XP users will have to go to Start, Run and type in regedit then click okay.
2. Expand the following on the left menu tree:

  H_Key_Local_Machine
   Software
    Microsoft
     Current Version

3. On the right you should see a registry key that is called RegisteredOwner.  Double click this key and you can change it’s value.   This will change the owner’s name.
4. If you want you can also change RegisteredOrganization also.  You will double click the key like you did RegisteredOwner and change the value.
5. Close your Registry

To check the if the changes have taken place, you can run Winver from a Run prompt or in Vista you can search for this application.