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I have a company owned computer that an employee used at home. He made changes to the system so that when you boot the computer the ownership name now shows his personal name instead of the company as the User and registered owner. How do I edit the registry in order to return the User and owner to the Company name. (He no longer is with us.....!)

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by caestelle

Goto the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
and Modify the data of the following two values:
RegisteredOrganization and RegisteredOwner
Then Exit the Registry and Reboot the computer

by willcomp

Navigate to this key:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\0B79C053C7D38EE4A\InstallProperties

You should be able to change owner name and company name there.

Dalton

by harryg1980

The easiest thing to do in this case is open the registery and the search for his name. Replace it with the name you want.

by abc_00112001

go to registry n then
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
then

change d values of keys: registered organisation and registered owner

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