Re: OT - Change system registrant

Easiest thing to do is just run regedit and search for your last name and
change every key value you find to the new owner's name (first and last).
You'll find your information somewhere in the
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version area.

GK


> Hi All -
>
> I'm not quite sure how to ask this question - Here
> is what
> I want to do.
>
> I have an old computer, PI, 120, Win 98 SE.
>
> I am giving it away.
>
> I don't know where it will end up 4 or 5 years
> into the
> future, so I want to change the registrant (owner
> of the
> computer) to the person to whom I am giving the
> computer.
> That way if it is ever used for mischievous
> purposes, it
> will not be linked with my name.
>
> Is there a way to change the "owner" of the
> computer
> without reformatting?
>
> TIA
>
> --
> David Andrew
> davida51(at)swbell.net
>

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