Change the Registered Owner and Organization

Click Start, Run and type regedit, and then click OK. Navigate to the following location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion

  • Backup the key by exporting to a file. See here for more information.
  • To change the registered organization, double-click RegisteredOrganization.
  • Under Value data, type the name that you want, and then click OK.
  • To change the name of the registered owner, double-click RegisteredOwner.
  • Under Value data, type the name that you want, and then click OK.
  • Click Exit on the File menu to quit regedit.