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Q4045: How can I change the name of the registered owner in Windows 98?

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Fri 05-Jul-2002 2:13pm -

You have to change the appropriate registry settings, however, the purpose of this document is not to explain how to edit the registry; you should already know how to do that before proceeding. Suffice it to say that if you do, you do so at your own risk.

Having said that, the registry settings that define the computer owner are:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOrganization
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOwner

Following is a screen shot from the corresponding settings on my PC:

Registry

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