Changing the Office2000 Registered Owner

An easier way was submitted:

1. Start Word2000
2. Go to Tools / Options / User Information
3. Change the current user's name.

To change the name of the registered owner without reinstalling, two simple registry changes need to be made.

These are the names displayed in the opening splash screens of each application as well as the About box.

1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall \ {00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7
3. Change the value of RegOwner and RegCompany to the ones you would like
4. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Office \ 9.0 \ Common \ UserInfo]
5. Rename the UserInfo key
6. Now you should see the new name and company information when you start your Office2000 application.