Is a re-format out of the question, Barry? Personally I always feel it's safer to do a full re-format, and indeed if it has contained sensitive information, I use a special re-formatter which does multiple passes to US Military standards, albeit this can take a very long time. George -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 10:47 To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins