It is possible to change the name of the registered owner and registered organisation in Windows XP. For those who dont know how to see the owner and the organisation follow these steps to check.

Right click on My computer, click properties. Under the general tab,there is a line 'Registered to' The first line has the name of the owner and the next line has the name of the organisation.

To change these,follow the steps given below.

1. Click Start, Run and type regedit and press enter. Go to the following location in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion

2.To change the registered organization, double-click on RegisteredOrganization.Under Value data, type the name that you want, and then click OK.

3.To change the name of the registered owner, double-click RegisteredOwner.

4.Under Value data, type the name that you want, and then click OK.

5.Click Exit on the File menu to quit.

You are done. You make check out the changes as described earlier.