Introduction to Changing Registered Owner
The purpose of this registry hack is to change the Registered to: as seen in
the system icon. The scenario is that the wrong person has been assigned
the registered owner. Perhaps the company had been merged or taken over. See Vista Version
Our Task - to find and change the Registered Owner
When it comes to making changes to the registry, I favour Regedit over
RegEdt32, because Regedit has a much better find, it also remembers the last
place you visited. To me, RegEdt32 is clunky, and more difficult to use.
 First Objective to get to the CurrentVersion registry hive.
Method Use the Find (menu) in Regedit, but be prepared to
use F3 if you do not get to the RegisteredOwner at first.
Note RegisteredOwner is all one word with no spaces.
Alternative Method: Drill down to: HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOwner
Note the path at the bottom of the diagram.
Second Objective change RegisteredOwner
Double Click RegisteredOwner then change the value to what you want.
Re-open the System Icon and check your new value
Bonus Objective change RegisteredOrganization
Just above the RegisteredOwner, you will see a REG_SZ RegisteredOrganization,
why not change this as well to reflect your preference.
- Use Regedit rather than Regedt32 because it has a wonderful FIND
- Use the REGISTRY Export setting as a precaution
- Rename settings you do not needed or want, avoid deleting anything in the
registry
- If you are following advice, check whether it says ADD or Change.
With ADD you need an extra step.
- Practice remote registry editing to prepare for an emergency
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