WIN 98 - Owner Name

[Guest KAWENA]

I wish to change the owner name on my WIN98. From control

panel/system/general tab there is the name of the system owner. How may I

change this to another name?

[Guest Don Phillipson]

Re: WIN 98 - Owner Name

 

"KAWENA" <KAWENA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:91AC4C4E-9E38-47DB-95A3-41A82059AB6E@microsoft.com...

> I wish to change the owner name on my WIN98. From control

> panel/system/general tab there is the name of the system owner. How may I

> change this to another name?

 

Easy . . . using REGEDIT.EXE

just do / Edit / Find search for the old

name among the Values. Select that

key when you find it, and right click to

enable you to Edit it i.e write whatever

you like.

 

If you have never used REGEDIT before,

use / File / Export first

to make a backup copy of the Registry

before you alter it.

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

[Guest PCR]

Re: WIN 98 - Owner Name

 

KAWENA wrote:

| I wish to change the owner name on my WIN98. From control

| panel/system/general tab there is the name of the system owner. How

| may I change this to another name?

 

My name is in this Registry key...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

RegisteredOwner "My real name"

 

Oops, it is actually in FIVE Registry keys. That one, two for WinZip,

one for Motive (what is that?), & finally one for Microsoft Works.

 

To see yours...

(a) "START button, Run, Regedit".

"My Computer" should be highlighted in the left pane.

(b) Using the Edit menu, Find your name.

© If you so desire, R-Clk it in the right pane, & select "Modify".

(d) Proceed again from (b), until RegEdit says there are no more.

 

CAREFUL in the Registry, though. DON'T willy-nilly change anything you

see! Also, RegEdit's Find is SLOW-- be patient, or take...

http://www.pcmag.com/ 's Registry Detective, which incredibly will find

all matches to any search in 10 seconds & put them all to the screen for

examination. Take RegEdit+ as well!

 

Also, my name can be found in...

C:\WINDOWS\helpdesk\winrep\userinfo.txt

 

To find more...

(a) "START button, Find, Files or Folders"

(b) Enter your name in the "Containing text" field"

 

 

But don't nobody come a lookin' fer me, specially no revenuers! They'll

all be shot!

 

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest Dan]

Re: WIN 98 - Owner Name

 

Yeah, fully back up all of your data before playing around in the registry.

I always think of the registry as the brains of the computer. The computer

is just a dumb machine without its brains. Anyway, it is better to also

bring a registry expert friend or two along if you are unfamiliar with the

registry. I also do not suggest using any automatic registry removers

because they could remove some important registry entries by accident. It is

much better to have some unwanted and unused registry entries lying around

than to be missing critical ones that you need.

 

"PCR" wrote:

> KAWENA wrote:

> | I wish to change the owner name on my WIN98. From control

> | panel/system/general tab there is the name of the system owner. How

> | may I change this to another name?

>

> My name is in this Registry key...

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

> RegisteredOwner "My real name"

>

> Oops, it is actually in FIVE Registry keys. That one, two for WinZip,

> one for Motive (what is that?), & finally one for Microsoft Works.

>

> To see yours...

> (a) "START button, Run, Regedit".

> "My Computer" should be highlighted in the left pane.

> (b) Using the Edit menu, Find your name.

> © If you so desire, R-Clk it in the right pane, & select "Modify".

> (d) Proceed again from (b), until RegEdit says there are no more.

>

> CAREFUL in the Registry, though. DON'T willy-nilly change anything you

> see! Also, RegEdit's Find is SLOW-- be patient, or take...

> http://www.pcmag.com/ 's Registry Detective, which incredibly will find

> all matches to any search in 10 seconds & put them all to the screen for

> examination. Take RegEdit+ as well!

>

> Also, my name can be found in...

> C:\WINDOWS\helpdesk\winrep\userinfo.txt

>

> To find more...

> (a) "START button, Find, Files or Folders"

> (b) Enter your name in the "Containing text" field"

>

>

> But don't nobody come a lookin' fer me, specially no revenuers! They'll

> all be shot!

>

>

> --

> Thanks or Good Luck,

> There may be humor in this post, and,

> Naturally, you will not sue,

> Should things get worse after this,

> PCR

> pcrrcp@netzero.net

>

>

>

[Guest Dan]

Re: WIN 98 - Owner Name

 

Don, I would expand upon your reply to say it is always a good idea to make a

back up copy of the registry even if you are an expert but that is just my

opinion.

 

"Don Phillipson" wrote:

> "KAWENA" <KAWENA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:91AC4C4E-9E38-47DB-95A3-41A82059AB6E@microsoft.com...

>

> > I wish to change the owner name on my WIN98. From control

> > panel/system/general tab there is the name of the system owner. How may I

> > change this to another name?

>

> Easy . . . using REGEDIT.EXE

> just do / Edit / Find search for the old

> name among the Values. Select that

> key when you find it, and right click to

> enable you to Edit it i.e write whatever

> you like.

>

> If you have never used REGEDIT before,

> use / File / Export first

> to make a backup copy of the Registry

> before you alter it.

> --

> Don Phillipson

> Carlsbad Springs

> (Ottawa, Canada)

>

>

>

[Guest PCR]

Re: WIN 98 - Owner Name

 

Dan wrote:

| Yeah, fully back up all of your data before playing around in the

| registry. I always think of the registry as the brains of the

| computer. The computer is just a dumb machine without its brains.

| Anyway, it is better to also bring a registry expert friend or two

| along if you are unfamiliar with the registry. I also do not suggest

| using any automatic registry removers because they could remove some

| important registry entries by accident. It is much better to have

| some unwanted and unused registry entries lying around than to be

| missing critical ones that you need.

 

That's right. Either back it or verify that the auto-backup mechanism is

alive & well. Here is my Master Post about that...

 

to investigate your Registry backups...

 

(1)

(a) "START button, Settings, Folder Options, View tab".

Bolt "Show all files" & UNcheck "Hide file extensions..."

 

(b) "START button, Find, F/F, RB???.cab".

 

Those are the Registry backups, in Sysbckup\. Are there five,

plus an RBbad? Are the dates consistent with each of the last five

days you've successfully boot? What is the date on RBbad?

 

(2) "START button, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt". Then...

(a) CD C:\Windows\Sysbckup

(b) DIR RB???.cab /od

© Use the "Mark" button, outline text with mouse, "Copy" & post for

inspection.

 

Here was mine on 09-22-05...

 

C:\>CD C:\Windows\Sysbckup

C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP>dir rb???.cab /od /a

Directory of C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP

RBBAD CAB 1,593,319 09-08-05 5:22p rbbad.cab

RB001 CAB 1,590,251 09-18-05 3:34p rb001.cab

RB002 CAB 1,589,811 09-19-05 9:15a rb002.cab

RB003 CAB 1,583,534 09-20-05 8:53a rb003.cab

RB004 CAB 1,583,487 09-21-05 10:01a rb004.cab

RB005 CAB 1,583,477 09-22-05 11:54a rb005.cab

6 file(s) 9,523,879 bytes

 

Note, on 9/8 I did a Scanreg /Fix, which created the RBbad. It is also

created when Windows decides on it's own to replace a Registry with one

of the backups. Then, the Registry that was replaced ends up in RBbad.

 

One is created at the first successful boot per day, when all is well.

So, check those dates. When Windows detects a Registry corruption at

boot, it will look for one of those backups to replace it with. If there

only is a very old one in there, it would explain a loss of recent

changes to settings at reboot.

 

Also check that "ScanRegistry" is checked in..

"START button, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab"

.... It should read...

 

ScanRegistry c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun

 

Perhaps look inside "C:\Windows\Scanreg.ini". Here is how a normal one

should look...

 

......Scanreg.ini..........

;

; Scanreg.ini for making system backups.

;

 

;Registry backup is skipped altogether if this is set to 0

Backup=1

 

;Registry automatic optimization is skipped if this is set to 0

Optimize=1

 

ScanregVersion=0.0001

MaxBackupCopies=5

 

;Backup directory where the cabs are stored is

; <windir>\sysbckup by default. Value below overrides it.

; It must be a full path. ex. c:\tmp\backup

;

BackupDirectory=

 

; Additional system files to backup into cab as follows:

; Filenames are separated by ','

; dir code can be:

; 10 : windir (ex. c:\windows)

; 11 : system dir (ex. c:\windows\system)

; 30 : boot dir (ex. c:\)

; 31 : boot host dir (ex. c:\)

;

;Files=[dir code,]file1,file2,file3

;Files=[dir code,]file1,file2,file3

......End......................

 

| "PCR" wrote:

|

|> KAWENA wrote:

|> | I wish to change the owner name on my WIN98. From control

|> | panel/system/general tab there is the name of the system owner.

|> | How may I change this to another name?

|>

|> My name is in this Registry key...

|> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

|> RegisteredOwner "My real name"

|>

|> Oops, it is actually in FIVE Registry keys. That one, two for WinZip,

|> one for Motive (what is that?), & finally one for Microsoft Works.

|>

|> To see yours...

|> (a) "START button, Run, Regedit".

|> "My Computer" should be highlighted in the left pane.

|> (b) Using the Edit menu, Find your name.

|> © If you so desire, R-Clk it in the right pane, & select "Modify".

|> (d) Proceed again from (b), until RegEdit says there are no more.

|>

|> CAREFUL in the Registry, though. DON'T willy-nilly change anything

|> you see! Also, RegEdit's Find is SLOW-- be patient, or take...

|> http://www.pcmag.com/ 's Registry Detective, which incredibly will

|> find all matches to any search in 10 seconds & put them all to the

|> screen for examination. Take RegEdit+ as well!

|>

|> Also, my name can be found in...

|> C:\WINDOWS\helpdesk\winrep\userinfo.txt

|>

|> To find more...

|> (a) "START button, Find, Files or Folders"

|> (b) Enter your name in the "Containing text" field"

|>

|>

|> But don't nobody come a lookin' fer me, specially no revenuers!

|> They'll all be shot!

|>

|>

|> --

|> Thanks or Good Luck,

|> There may be humor in this post, and,

|> Naturally, you will not sue,

|> Should things get worse after this,

|> PCR

|> pcrrcp@netzero.net

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest Mart]

Re: WIN 98 - Owner Name

 

Try http://billsway.com/vbspage/

and look for the 'Change Registered Owner and/or Organization' VBS tool.

 

Mart

 

 

 

"KAWENA" <KAWENA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:91AC4C4E-9E38-47DB-95A3-41A82059AB6E@microsoft.com...

>I wish to change the owner name on my WIN98. From control

> panel/system/general tab there is the name of the system owner. How may I

> change this to another name?