Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Change Computer Name Without Formatting in Vista

Have you ever experienced a situation where the name on your computer (Either Desktop or Laptop) is different from your own name? Most people just take it to IT Technician and go ahead to format the hard drive. This post will show some wonderful magic of "regedit".
 
 This is what to do, follow these steps

Click START >RUN>type regedit>HIT ENTER>
On the regedit window, follow this
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>MICROSOFT>WINDOWS NT>CURRENTVERSION
THEN RIGHT CLICK RegisteredOwner and modify.

Restart to take effect, make sure you are using Administrator's account
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