I think this is a multi-layer issue. First, I needed to change what I thought was the computer name. I changed the name of the user in the control panel successfully. But I noticed that the screen that pops up when I stop the screensaver still says the past employee's name so I knew it was something in the registry. I have verified that the actual computer name is something else, and I have changed the name in two places in regedit.exe. I've restarted the computer, and the screensaver window still says the past employee name. The two paths that I have changed so far are HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion then RegisteredOwner and another place that I happened upon that I can't remember right now.So where else could this past employee's name be stored in RegEdit?Second is the "unlock computer" screen showing up period. I enabled it through the display/screensaver area. It did not give me an option for how to login. When I'm on *my* computer, it gives me the same screen to use as when I log in in the morning (takes the entire screen, big blue default thing for xp). When I'm on this other computer it gives me a little window with the beige border that says "unlock computer" and asks for a username (which is prefilled with the wrong name) and password. How do I change it so it shows the big blue xp login screen?1 person needs an answerI do too

The 'registered user' has nothing to do with this. What you are seeing is the name of the currently logged-on user account. Each user has a profile under 'Documents and Settings' and this contains their personal settings.The 'proper' way to reset a computer for a new user is to create a new account. This new acccount will acquire the settings of the Default userprofile. You will then need to transfer any needed files to the new profile-folder.Whilst renaming an existing user is possible, it leads to problems as the profile folder cannot be renamed (don't try) and you may still find references to the old name lurking in the registry.As a general policy I name the account on single-owner computers as literally 'user' or 'owner' This avoids the problems you are encountering if/when it changes hands.