i have a pc which was previously owned. how do i get the previous owners name off my hard drive, and re register windows?<hr class="sig">maria© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:24:20 Zffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56ahttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56ahttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56amaria of childwallhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=maria%20of%20childwalli have a pc which was previously owned. how do i get the previous owners name off my hard drive, and re register windows?<hr class="sig">mariaSun, 05 Jul 2009 00:17:41 Z2009-07-05T00:17:41Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#c0d296cd-fa76-49a1-a512-9aa8b17641dehttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#c0d296cd-fa76-49a1-a512-9aa8b17641deClayton Cobbhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Clayton%20CobbSharepoint what? <hr class=sig> SharePoint Architect || <a href="http://claytoncobb.wordpress.com">My Blog</a>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:58:02 Z2009-07-05T08:02:04Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#9cd3fc3d-e57a-41c9-b9c5-fb633350c755http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#9cd3fc3d-e57a-41c9-b9c5-fb633350c755Mike Walsh MVPhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Mike%20Walsh%20MVPMoving to Off-topic.<br/><br/>Nothing to do with SharePoint<hr class="sig">WSS FAQ sites: <a href="http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com">http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com</a> and <a href="http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com">http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com</a> <br/>Total list of WSS 3.0 / MOSS 2007 Books (including foreign language) <a href="http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3 WSS FAQ/V Books.aspx">http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3%20WSS%20FAQ/V%20Books.aspx</a>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:08:27 Z2009-07-05T07:08:27Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#a76ddaa6-88a0-48eb-b118-98c3f601e871http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#a76ddaa6-88a0-48eb-b118-98c3f601e871Tpneer2http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Tpneer2re registering windows is not necessary<br/> go to the control panel make a new user name and assignh yourself as the admin of the machien then reboot, when the mahcine comes back up go to control panel and click on user accounts and delete the name you dont want if you are the admin it will allow this and when you reboot after changing this windows will be yours<br/><hr class="sig">we can all laearn together to be better than we areSun, 05 Jul 2009 09:17:11 Z2009-07-05T09:17:11Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#dbe82191-5e2b-427d-8a74-4f7978d33baehttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#dbe82191-5e2b-427d-8a74-4f7978d33baemaria of childwallhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=maria%20of%20childwallthanks, im new at this and dont know why the other two replies werent very nice to me.thanks for you reply , im still struggling on, ill get there or bust!<hr class="sig">mariaSun, 05 Jul 2009 16:00:18 Z2009-07-05T16:00:18Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#e89e95df-b55f-428b-bf03-fd298eae7229http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Offtopic/thread/ffc53203-bb25-496b-adbc-e3813943d56a#e89e95df-b55f-428b-bf03-fd298eae7229Clayton Cobbhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Clayton%20CobbThis is a SharePoint forum, and you didn't say anything about SharePoint.<hr class="sig">SharePoint Architect || <a href="http://claytoncobb.wordpress.com">My Blog</a>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:24:20 Z2009-07-05T16:24:20Z