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Change the Registered User Information for Windows XP

Posted by tuanvinh on June 20, 2009

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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