best way to change owner's name

[tryintoo]

I have decided after reading recent posts to give away my old computer with Win 98 on to a family for mostly Word processing and internet. Everything works fine on it and I did not have anything on it I needed to erase, except for a couple of greeting card programs that I removed.

But I don't want to give it away with my name as the registered owner. Is there anyway to change that without going into formatting? I have the original full version WIN 98 disk.

Thanks in advance.

[greymalkin]

gOOgle it! took me 5 seconds.

FROM:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-021

Once you've installed Windows, you can change the Registered Owner, Registered Organization, or Product ID to anything you want. Here's how you do it:

Windows 95/98/Me

Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion.
To change the values of the RegisteredOrganization, RegisteredOwner, or ProductId, simply double-click on them.

Note: This will only change the registered user information for Windows, not for the applications on your system.

[simonko]

like he said

[SLK001]

AND, when you give the computer away with the operating system, you MUST give the original disk, also (or, remove the OS). Just ask Bill Gates, or read your End User Agreement.

[tryintoo]

Thanks! I did search but kept using the words "computer owner" in my search. I should have no problem following these directions.

Appreciate the help

Yes, I plan on giving them all the disks that came with the computer.