Windows 8 Registry - RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization
Here are two common scenarios where you would want to change Registered
Owner values in
the registry.
a) You buy a machine with a pre-installed copy of Windows 8, you hate the
fact that Winver does not show your name after 'This product is licensed to:'
b) You install Windows 8 manually, but don't pay attention to the
registered owner field.
To ensure we are both talking about the same property I challenge you to
launch 'winver'. Seek out the 'Start Search' dialog box, and type: winver.
Compare what you see wit the above screenshot.
To amend Windows 8's RegisteredOwner, or Registered Organization, you
need to change a registry setting. Incidentally, some people call this
setting Registered User.
Objective to Find the RegisteredOwner Registry Value
I have divided our task into two parts. Our first task is to
find the
correct part of the registry; our second task is to edit the actual registry value.
Method 1) Flashy Launch Regedit. Click on the Edit menu and then select 'Find'. Now type
RegisteredOwner in the 'Find what:' dialog box. Put a tick in only the 'Values' box, see screenshot to
the right. The purpose of
this technique is to navigate to the value
containing RegisteredOwner as quickly as possible.
Method 2)Safe and Sure If Method 1 fails, then here is
an alternative.
Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\. Alternatively, in Regedit, click the Edit menu, Find, and then type: RegisteredOwner in the dialog box.
Double click on the REG_SZ called RegisteredOwner.
Change the value to your name.
Repeat the above instructions for RegisteredOrganization.
Exit Regedit and launch Start Search, type 'winver' in the dialog box.
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In my homeland of Wales, Twp (pronounced Tupp) means a stupid person. The IT manager of a company I was working with was called Evans, and in common with
many mangers, he was not very IT literate. Consequently, one of the techies, Dai 'eighteen months', nicknamed this manager: Evans Twp. (Dai lost part of an ear in a Rugby scrum, and as a result, he only had an ear and a half!).
The IT department took on a new lad called Peter. Practical jokes are often part of the initiation ritual for new workers, and this company was no exception. Peter's first job was to install five new
Windows 8 Machines. During the scripted set-up
he discovered the Organization Menu; he stopped and asked Dai 'eighteen months' what he should enter. Dai said, "Put Evans Twp in the box".
When Peter proudly showed off the new computers he was taken aback when Mr Evans went
ballistic and accused Peter of undermining his authority. What happened was Mr Evans typed Winver in the Start Search menu, and saw that the 'Registered To' was: - Evans Twp. (Meaning: Evans the stupid one!)
I was visiting the
company doing other work, when I heard of Peter's distress. Mr Evans told the poor lad that had to come in at the weekend and reinstall the machines, Mr Evans wanted the company name
to display as the 'Registered Owner'. I took
Peter aside
and showed him how to launch Regedit and find RegisteredOwner. We found Evans Twp and changed it to
the name of the company. Peter was thrilled as it only took a moment to make the registry hack, and Peter went
to the rugby match instead of sacrificing his weekend to perform re-installs.
Creating a .Reg File
This page explains how to create, and then edit
a .reg files for your computer. As it's
easy to import the contents of a .reg file into the registry, do take extra care with procedures.
Another Example
of a RegisteredOwner .reg file.
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Summary of Windows
8 Change RegisteredOwner
Sometimes computer suppliers leave
their name in your copy of Windows 8 - as seen in Control Panel. With
my Windows 8 registry
hack you can find entries called: RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization
and change their values to suit your organization. Changing
RegisteredOwner has nothing to do with Windows Product Activation (WPA) and
will not allow you to register a second copy of Windows 8 legally.
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