How to change company name in MS Office
Bruce Chambers
To fix the information for Win2K, you can use Start > Run >
Regedit.exe to edit:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\RegisteredOwner
&
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current
Version\RegisteredOrganization
How this will affect the names displayed in previously installed
applications will vary depending upon each individual program; some
read the registered owner information dynamically, while others read
it only during installation.
About which version of Office are you asking? It makes a
difference.
Office 95, if I remember correctly, required the user to manually
enter the information at the time of installation, and then
"permanently" embedded that information into its splash screens, etc.
The only way to change it is to completely remove and then reinstall
Office 95.
Office 97 reads the above specified RegisteredOwner and
RegisteredOrganization registry values only during installation, and
then "permanently" embeds that information into its splash screens,
etc. The only way to change it is to completely remove and then
reinstall Office 97.
In Office 2000, however, one need only open any of the Office
applications and click Tools > Options > User Information, and edit
the user information there. The company information still comes from
the RegisteredOrganization key, but is dynamic - it should read the
new value from the registry.
In Office XP, the currently logged in user name is applied unless
changed within the Office application as in Office 2K above, and the
company name also still comes from the registry.
Mind you, this is all off the top of my head, as I'm not running
the 3 different versions of Office here at home, and I only have
enough knowledge of Office for day-to-day use. I'm not an advanced,
much less an expert, user. For a more definitive answer, you really
should post your question in one or more of the news groups dedicated
to Office issues. It may well be that doing a simple find & replace
in the registry will solve your dilemma.
Bruce Chambers
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"charles" <som...@somewhere.org> wrote in message
news:s4khkvsjqjl98qcni...@4ax.com...
> I need to change the company name for all MS Office products running
on
> workstations under Windows 2000. I followed the directions in
Microsoft
> Knowledge Base Article Q233499 but when I create a new document in
MS Word it
> still comes up with the document property "Company" with the old
company name.
>
> I searched through everything in the registry and on the disk and I
can't find
> anywhere that its still getting the old company name from. (!?!?!)
>
> Can anyone suggest where its getting the old name and how I can fix
it? Further,
> if replacing the
>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
\GUID
> RegCompany string for all Office components is really the way to
change it,
> could anyone tell me if there is a good, safe way to set up a global
search and
> replace in the registry to do that.
>
> Appreciate any help. Thanks.
>
> If this is not the right group to ask this question in, please
recommend one
> where it would be. Thanks.
>