Changing the Name of the Windows Vista Registered Owner
April 4, 2009 Windows Vista Tips
To view the registered owner of Windows Vista operating system, click Start, type “winver”, and hit Enter.
To change the Registered Owner information 
make sure you backup the registry before making changes)
- Click the start button, type “regedit” (Registry Editor) in the search box, and press Enter
- Click Continue to get past the User Account Control hurdle
- On the left panel, double-click to navigate to the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE\MicrosoftWindows NTCurrent Version
- On the right panel, double-click on Registered Owner
- In the Value Data box, type the new name you want to appear as the registered Owner, then click OK
- Double-click Registered Organization, and type in the new organization in the Value Data box
- Click OK
- Exit the Registry Editor, run winver again to view the change
