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How to Change User Information in Windows

Submitted by on Thursday, 1 May 20087 Comments

On a regular basis, people ask me questions about changing user information, the information you provided when you installed Windows. You can change it. Here is a step-by-step instruction.

1. Open the Registry Editor (Type regedit inside the Run box and hit Enter)

2. Navigate to the following key

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion

3. Look for the following details and make necessary changes as follows

>>RegisteredOrganization
The name of the organization (Change this to your desired organization)

>>RegisteredOwner
The name of the user (Change this to your desired name)

These changes are reflected in the system instantaneously and requies no reboot. You can confirm this by seeing the system properties (Right-Click on “My Computer” icon and select properties).

Both are REG_SZ values. Changing the registered organization and owner names doesn’t affect installed applications. However, applications that you install after changing these values are likely to pick up the new names.



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7 Comments »

  • THE BIG FAN said:

    HI
    THNKX FOR THE INFORMATIONS
    BUT I’VE JUST ONE QUESTION THIS TIME
    CANT U TELL ME HOW TO ENABLE TASK MANAGER ? THE PROBLEME IS THAT I’M THE OWN ADMIN
    I CANT UNDERSTUND WHY IT SEND ME :
    U CANT CONTINUE ,THE ADMIN DISABLE TASK MANAGER

    PLZ PLZZZZZZZZZ HELP ME

    - 11 September 2008 at 5:07 PM
  • Srikanth (author) said:

    @ the big fan

    You face this problem because most probably your system is infected by virus.Do a full system virus scan with latest updates.Your problem will be solved

    - 11 September 2008 at 5:23 PM
  • jake said:

    i am not an administrator and i need to be cause it is my laptop so i need to hack the admin password on vista while being logged in to a standard account.

    - 12 December 2008 at 9:18 AM
  • krishna said:

    hey i am ur fan no1.i have faced a problem that i just dont delete autorun.inf and recycler virus from my pen drive.i have deleted it from folder o-ption in the tools menu but it create again.i want to delete it permanatly from my pen drive.plz help me.from fan no1

    - 13 April 2009 at 1:55 AM
  • Srikanth (author) said:

    @ krishna

    The problem is not with your pendrive but with your computer. Your computer is infected with a virus which creates the file “autorun.inf” upon every time you insert your pen drive. So, scan and remove the virus from your comp to solve the problem..

    - 13 April 2009 at 10:29 PM
  • SATENDER said:

    hey sri …nice trick…but when tried to change the product name nd CSD version name ,the changes are not reflected in my computer/properties(windows edition)……plz tell me solution….
    satender

    - 24 October 2009 at 8:57 AM
  • tathagata said:

    i am ur biggest fan,the password protection of a folder was a huge success ,nw can u pls give me a step by step procedure to change a trial version to a full version

    - 27 January 2010 at 11:57 AM

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