i have sold a laptop and want to change the owner name without reformatting the drive is there a way to do this so when something is done my name don't show it will show theres instead

i have sold a laptop and want to change the owner name without reformatting the drive is there a way to do this so when something is done my name don't show it will show theres instead

Just run regedit and search for the value "RegisteredOwner" and edit each occurance to what you want

what you want. Probasbly find it in 2 or 3 places. Changing the user name, if you need to could be a

problem. It could be stored in hundred of places in the registery and regedit only lets you change

them one at a time.

You can make those changes inside:

 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultUserName"="New Name"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
"RegisteredOrganization"=""
"RegisteredOwner"="New Name"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\LanmanServer\Parameters]
"srvcomment"="New comment"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\LanmanServer\Parameters]
"srvcomment"="New comment"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanServer\Parameters]
"srvcomment"="New comment"

Look also for Microsoft Office products inside the registry.

For Computer Name:

 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ComputerName]
@="mnmsrvc"
"ComputerName"="NAME-PC"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ActiveComputerName]
"ComputerName"="NAME-PC"

Edited March 28, 201115 yr by myselfidem

i was going to restore it but can't cause it has a cracked LCD screen have it hook to a monitor but that won't show anything till it loads up so i can't reformat it