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Old 11-25-2007, 05:20 AM
Evergreen
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How to change the "license to" name on the "About" Vista Home wind

Hi all,

I have recently purchased a new computer with Genuine Windows Vista Home
Premium installed. And the thing is that the guy that installed Vista, made 2
typos when entered my name in the "license to" box... I know it is not a big
deal, but I would like to know if there is a way to fix this...

Thanks all in advance.
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Old 11-25-2007, 06:00 AM
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RE: How to change the "license to" name on the "About" Vista Home wind

Go to Start, type regedit, press Enter and navigate to registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion and in the
right pane, right-click RegisteredOwner and Modify the value. You can also
change the Registered Organization. Create a system restore point before
making the change.

"Evergreen" wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I have recently purchased a new computer with Genuine Windows Vista Home
> Premium installed. And the thing is that the guy that installed Vista, made 2
> typos when entered my name in the "license to" box... I know it is not a big
> deal, but I would like to know if there is a way to fix this...
>
> Thanks all in advance.
> --
> Toy-like people make me boy-like[/color]
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Old 11-25-2007, 08:10 AM
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RE: How to change the "license to" name on the "About" Vista Home


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"BurrWalnut" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Go to Start, type regedit, press Enter and navigate to registry key
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion and in the
> right pane, right-click RegisteredOwner and Modify the value. You can also
> change the Registered Organization. Create a system restore point before
> making the change.
>
> "Evergreen" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have recently purchased a new computer with Genuine Windows Vista Home
> > Premium installed. And the thing is that the guy that installed Vista, made 2
> > typos when entered my name in the "license to" box... I know it is not a big
> > deal, but I would like to know if there is a way to fix this...
> >
> > Thanks all in advance.
> > --
> > Toy-like people make me boy-like[/color][/color]

Thank you very much BurrWalnut... it worked fine!!
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Old 11-25-2007, 09:00 AM
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Re: How to change the "license to" name on the "About" Vista Home

Hiya Shawn,

Thanks for the link (already added to Favourites... just in case)

Cheers.

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"brink" wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> Evergreen;524286 Wrote:[color=green]
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have recently purchased a new computer with Genuine Windows Vista
> > Home
> > Premium installed. And the thing is that the guy that installed Vista,
> > made 2
> > typos when entered my name in the "license to" box... I know it is not
> > a big
> > deal, but I would like to know if there is a way to fix this...
> >
> > Thanks all in advance.
> > --
> > Toy-like people make me boy-like[/color]
>
> Hi Evergreen,
>
> In addition to BurrWalnut's solution, this tutorial will show you how
> to do that solution with screenshots and more details if needed.
>
> [url]http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/74737-registered-owner-organization.html[/url]
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> [url]WWW.VISTAX64.COM[/url] (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\")
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>[/color]
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Old 11-27-2007, 12:50 PM
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Re: How to change the "license to" name on the "About" Vista Home

Hi Shawn,

I am afraid that I still have a doubt regarding this issue: as you state in
the tutorial, the change in the registry editor "does not change the
C:\Users\(Your Username) folder name. The only way to do this is to either
create a new Administrator account and delete the old one or reinstall
Vista"... if I delete the current Adm. acc. in order to create a new one with
my name... will this affect to all the folders "under" the old name?... what
I mean is: if I delete the current Adm. account, all the documents, pics...
under this name will be lost for ever?

Sorry if this questions sounds stupid, but I would not like to loose all my
documents just becasue I am going to change the name of the user.

Thanks in advance for your help.


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"brink" wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> Evergreen;524466 Wrote:[color=green]
> > Hiya Shawn,
> >
> > Thanks for the link (already added to Favourites... just in case)
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > --
> > Toy-like people make me boy-like
> > -------------------------------------
> > "brink" wrote:[color=darkred]
> > > Hi Evergreen,
> > >
> > > In addition to BurrWalnut's solution, this tutorial will show you how
> > > to do that solution with screenshots and more details if needed.
> > >
> > > 'Registered Owner and Organization'[/color]
> > ([url]http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/74737-registered-owner-organization.html[/url])[color=darkred]
> > >
> > > Shawn[/color]
> >[/color]
>
> Your welcome Evergreen,
>
> Just glad you resolved your problem.
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> [url]WWW.VISTAX64.COM[/url] (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\")
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>[/color]
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Old 11-28-2007, 08:20 AM
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Re: How to change the "license to" name on the "About" Vista Home

Again, Shawn, thank you very much for your help!!

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"brink" wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> Evergreen;527120 Wrote:[color=green]
> > Hi Shawn,
> >
> > I am afraid that I still have a doubt regarding this issue: as you
> > state in
> > the tutorial, the change in the registry editor "does not change the
> > C:\Users\(Your Username) folder name. The only way to do this is to
> > either
> > create a new Administrator account and delete the old one or reinstall
> > Vista"... if I delete the current Adm. acc. in order to create a new
> > one with
> > my name... will this affect to all the folders "under" the old name?...
> > what
> > I mean is: if I delete the current Adm. account, all the documents,
> > pics...
> > under this name will be lost for ever?
> >
> > Sorry if this questions sounds stupid, but I would not like to loose
> > all my
> > documents just becasue I am going to change the name of the user.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Toy-like people make me boy-like
> >[/color]
>
> Evergreen,
>
> I do not blame you for being concerned about that.
>
> You will need to create the new Administrator account first, then
> delete the old one from within the new one. Towards the end of deleting
> the old Administrator account, in User Accounts in the Control Panel,
> you will be given the option to save all the contents of these files to
> a folder on the desktop of the account (New one) you are deleting it
> from. This tutorial will walk you through the process. See frame 6 and
> 7.
>
> [url]http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/93026-user-account-delete.html[/url]
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> [url]WWW.VISTAX64.COM[/url] (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\")
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>[/color]
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