after buying a used computer, how do you register it to your name?

Question

I bought this computer from a friend and he is registered on it. How do I register it to show me as the owner?

Answer 1

You could just reformat your computer that way you could register and get all your friends stuff off of there at the same time.

Answer 2

not sure what u mean by registering it , u dont need to do that, but if u want the computer to be recognized by your name , do this~~

Right click on the My Computer icon, pull down to Properties then left click on Properties with the left mouse button.
When the System Properties dialog box opens, select the Computer Name tab.
In the Computer Name window, click on the Change button.
A Computer Name Changes dialog box will open. Type the new name for your computer in the box directly under "Computer name:"
You will see a dialog box asking you to restart your computer.
Click on the OK button.
Click the OK button to close the System Properties box.
Click theYes button in the System Settings Change dialog box.
Your system will now restart and the name change will be in effect upon reboot.

Answer 3

The easiest way is to backup the Regtstry that has his name in it. Then run REGEDIT doing a search for every occurence of his name. For each one replace his name with yours. Then reboot to run the computer under the new name. It will be fixed in every program that runs in the machine. Just changing the computer name will only make that change in the general description - not in each program. Editing the registry will fix it everywhere .

Answer 4

if its for home use you dont really have to unless your talking about the name it says at the top when you hit start in which then youll have to go to your control panel, user accounts and go from there