Change name in registry

Open Registry Editor-Start>Run-type in regedit
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
Locate Registered Owner string value in the right pane,right-click and choose modify
In dialog box,type in new info and click OK

Changing the Registered Owner and Organisation (Windows 9x and NT)
If you entered the wrong regististration information when you installed Windows you can change it and other miscellaneous settings such as ProductID and ProductName.

Using Regedit, open the key appropriate for your operating system:

Windows 9x:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]

Windows NT:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]

Then modify the values of 'RegisteredOwner' and 'RegisteredOrganization'.

Value Name:
RegisteredOwner, RegisteredOrganization
Data Type: REG_SZ

Also, chek out www.regedit.com there are some great tools and tips for editing the registry.

Go to Regedit. Then to edit and find. Do a search on the persons name you wish to change. Replace every instance that you find. Just click on the persons name and you should be able to rename the feild just like your renaming a file. The previous answer was good but there may be more than 1 instance of the persons name you need to replace because when you install things like Ofiice or Outlook it pulls the name from that key and dups it into a new key for that program. Then you would have a new person registered to the computer however the old persons name would pop up on other registered programs. this is why you need to do a search of the entire registry. Hope it helps :)

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