Editing User info in the Registry (Advanced)

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 Gigabytes Technical Information: Resetting Customer Info

 Document Created 04/27/1999 upon request from

Michael Imboden

Lead Technician

Computer Renaissance Northlake

 To reset the customer information on a computer already running Windows, do the following:

1. Click on "Start" then "Run".

 2. Type "regedit" in the run box and click "OK"

 

 

 

3. On the left-hand side of the Regedit window, find the folder “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" and click the plus [+] next to the folder.

 4. Click the plus [+] next to Software, then Microsoft, then Windows.

 5. Select the CurrentVersion folder by clicking on it once so that it is highlighted.

6. On the right-hand side find ProductID and double-click it.

7. Enter the new Product ID in the box.

 

 

 

8. Repeat steps 6 & 7 for ProductKey, RegisteredOrganization, and RegisteredOwner. Be sure to enter the appropriate values for each.

 

9. Exit the Registry Editor by clicking the "X" in the upper right-hand corner.

 

 

10. Double-click on the clock in the lower right-hand corner.

  11. Change the time and time zone to the appropriate for your customer.


 

 12. If you delete the product key, the registered user and the organization, when the computer Reboots, the customer will be prompted to re-enter their registration information.

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