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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. -- Toy-like people make me boy-like |
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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: Quote: > 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 |
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| | RE: How to change the "license to" name on the "About" Vista Home -- Toy-like people make me boy-like "BurrWalnut" wrote: Quote: > 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: > Quote: > > 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 |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: 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. -- Toy-like people make me boy-like 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 Shawn |
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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. -- Toy-like people make me boy-like "brink" wrote: Quote: > > Evergreen;524286 Wrote: Quote: > > 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 > 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 > > Shawn > > > -- > brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > WWW.VISTAX64.COM (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\") > *Please post feedback to help others.* > |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 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. -- Toy-like people make me boy-like ------------------------------------- "brink" wrote: > 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 > > Shawn Just glad you resolved your problem. Shawn |
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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. -- Toy-like people make me boy-like "brink" wrote: Quote: > > Evergreen;524466 Wrote: Quote: > > Hiya Shawn, > > > > Thanks for the link (already added to Favourites... just in case) > > > > Cheers. > > > > -- > > Toy-like people make me boy-like > > ------------------------------------- > > "brink" wrote: Quote: > > > 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' Quote: > > > > > > Shawn > Your welcome Evergreen, > > Just glad you resolved your problem. > > Shawn > > > -- > brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > WWW.VISTAX64.COM (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\") > *Please post feedback to help others.* > |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 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. -- Toy-like people make me boy-like 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. User Account - Delete Shawn |
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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!! -- Toy-like people make me boy-like "brink" wrote: Quote: > > Evergreen;527120 Wrote: Quote: > > 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 > > > 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. > > User Account - Delete > > Shawn > > > -- > brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > WWW.VISTAX64.COM (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\") > *Please post feedback to help others.* > |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: How to change the "license to" name on the "About" Vista Home Again, Shawn, thank you very much for your help!! -- Toy-like people make me boy-like -------------------------------------------------- "brink" wrote: > 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. > > User Account - Delete > > Shawn Shawn |
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