On the system properties general tab how do I change who the computer is registered to?

Click Start,

then Run

and type in Regedit.exe     navigate to

" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion "

and change it from the previous owner to your name.

 A quick way to edit the registry is with a REG file. If you copy the following text (everything between the rows of asterisks including the blank line at the end but not the rows of asterisks themselves) and paste it into NOTEPAD then edit the information as indicated you can save it as REGOWNER.REG then by double-clicking it the info will be merged into your registry.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
"RegisteredOwner"="change this bolded text to the new registered owner name"
"RegisteredOrganization"="change this text to the organization is desired or delete this whole line"

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