Welcome back to Tech18.com, today we are going to learn how to change the owner name or the registered name in Windows XP.

Following are the steps to change the owner name:

1) Go to Start -> Run, then type regedit and hit Enter.

2) Locate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version.

3) On the right panel, double click on Registered Owner, then modify the value to the name as you preferred. You can also change the organization name as well by double clicking on Registered Organization and change the value.

4) Restart your computer to take the effect of the changes. 

Once your computer restarted, you will notice the registered owner or organization has been changed to the new name under system properties (right click on My Computer, then choose Properties under General tab).