Very good point, Dave. My wife was the original owner of the Windows 7 machine I'm currently using, so changing the name on that one should not be a problem.
The other old Windows XP laptop computer that I now use exclusively for ham radio purposes was purchased from a friend who was the original owner before me. The Windows XP software was on the machine when I bought it, but other software that I have installed is owned by me. I'll discuss the situation with this second computer with my friend before proceeding. Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave "Farfar" Carlson Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 1:10 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Changing the name on a computer I'd wonder if this would have an effect on any software licensing? Seems as though a registered owner is the one who has purchased the operating system and who has the rights to updates in the future. I'd tread very carefully on this and do some research and/or talk with Microsoft before changing it. My position: If it isn't broken, don't fix it. Dave Carlson Soon-to-be Oregonian, retired, full-time Farfar, musician, and woodworker ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 9:57 AM Subject: Re: Changing the name on a computer try the following: 1. Logon to Windows 7 computer with any account that has administrative privileges. 2. Click on Start button and in the search box type REGEDIT and press enter key. 3. On User Account Control confirmation box click on Yes button to continue. 4. On the opened Registry Editor window locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion from the left pane. 5. On the right pane double-click on RegisteredOwner. 6. On Edit String box under Value data specify the new owner's name for the computer and press Ok button to save the changes. New Owner Name 7. Close Registry Editor Window and type WINVER command in search box to see the new name. how to change owner name on windows 7 how to change computer owner name windows 7 change computer owner name windows 7 change owner name windows 7 change owner windows 7 Legend has it that on Sunday 3/30/2014 10:32 AM, Tom Behler said: ---------------------------------------- >Hi again, all. > > > >I have two computers that I have acquired over the years for various >purposes that are not registered in my name. > > > >In other words, the previous owners assigned their names to the computers >when they first got them. > > > >I'd like to put my name on each computer, and would appreciate if anyone >could tell me how to accomplish this. > > > >Thanks once again for your help. > > > > > >Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20140 330/23b5346c/attachment.html> >_______________________________________________ >Jfw mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com ---------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
