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_Get The Registered Owner's Name
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6/25/2002 12:02:29 PM |
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Jaime Muscatelli
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Beginner |
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VB 5.0, VB 6.0 |
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This will enable you to get the registered owner's name of a computer. Similar to the About dialog box in Word, Excel etc. KEYWORDS: Registry User Name About Register Owner
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' Name: _Get The Registered Owner's Name
' Description:This will enable you to get the registered owner's name of a computer. Similar to the About dialog box in Word, Excel etc. KEYWORDS: Registry User Name About Register Owner
' By: Jaime Muscatelli
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'This code is copyrighted and has' limited warranties.Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=36252&lngWId=1'for details.'**************************************
Private Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, ByVal lpData As String, lpcbData As Long) As Long
Private Const REG_SZ = 1
Private Const LOCALMACHINE = &H80000002
'***** To use this function use Call GETREGOWNERNAME, then use it as a variable. EX - MsgBox GETREGOWNERNAME
Private Function GETREGOWNERNAME() As String
Dim nBufferKey As Long
Dim nBufferName As String
nBufferName = Space(256)
RegOpenKey LOCALMACHINE, "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion", nBufferKey
RegQueryValueEx nBufferKey, "RegisteredOwner", 0, REG_SZ, nBufferName, Len(nBufferName)
GETREGOWNERNAME = nBufferName
End Function
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 12/8/2002 3:25:05 PM: Jaime Muscatelli
I recommend you check out my registry tutorial. (Search for 'A great registry tutorial'
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3/11/2003 7:05:58 AM: Saurabh Gupta
For Win NT (2000, XP) the correct key is "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion"
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4/5/2003 11:24:44 AM: Andrew Munro
wow, all i can say is SWEET.. man this code is awsome i use ir for everything
i dont just use it to find the ownersname ..thnx alot man
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7/3/2005 3:04:04 AM: Rde
please close all opened reg keys before using this :)
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