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Change the Registered User Information

Intended For
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2003
Windows 2000
Windows Me
Windows 98
Windows 95
Once you've installed Windows, you can change the Registered Owner, Registered Organization, or Product ID to anything you want. Here's how you do it:

Windows 95/98/Me

  • Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
  • Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion.
  • To change the values of the RegisteredOrganization, RegisteredOwner, or ProductId, simply double-click on them.

  • Note: This will only change the registered user information for Windows, not for the applications on your system.

Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista

  • Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
  • Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion.
  • To change the values of the RegisteredOrganization, RegisteredOwner, or ProductId, simply double-click on them.

  • Note: This will only change the registered user information for Windows, not for the applications on your system.

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Written by: Annoyances.org
Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007

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