Change the Registered PC Owner

If you’ve ever wondered how to change the name of the person that Windows is registered to, this is the quick tip for you. It’s not all that useful, but it might come in handy if you got a computer from somebody else.

Here are steps to change the registered PC Owner:

• Click on Start.
• In the search box type regedit.exe.
• You can also open it by pressing Win+R to open the Run box and typing regedit.exe.
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion.
• Now you can find the RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization keys in the right-hand pane.

• Double click on it and in the Value Data box type to change them to whatever values you want.
• To show off the new changes, just type winver.exe into the start menu search box or Win+R run box to see the About Windows box: