How to change default owner (Kevin) to me?

I've added myself as another account with administrator rights but the PC is still seen as Kevin while booting up

Does Kevin still use the computer? Or did you buy it from them and you are the only user on the computer?
If you want to change the Registered Owner from Kevin to your name, you can do this in the Windows Registry

I would first check if your account is a local account, or a local account with administrative priviledges. You may already know, but just in case, search for control, then open the control panel. Click on Users. Your account name should show up with something like: Username, Local Account, Administrator, Password protected. If it's missing Administrator, then click on Change your account type and elevate it to Administrator. For the name of the PC, which I believe has to be changed by an administrator priviledged account holder: Click on Settings, System, and at the top of the screen is the system product name and a linke to change the name. Or, click on "Domain or workgroup". The Tab Computer Name should be highlighted by default, click on "Change" and you can rename it to what you want. And, you can go to Microsoft.com and sign into your Windows account (using an email address /passwrod. There you can see who Microsoft thinks owns your PC, what programs you have purchased from MS, and you can re-download the programs you need if they were deleted from your PC. If you have bit-locker turned on, or had it turned on, by default, your bitlocker keys are saved to your microsoft account. there you can see all of them that you ever had, and delete out the old keys.

Yes, I got the computer from Kevin. So I am the only user moving forward.
I will try the registry edit and hopefully Kevin will be no more, lol...

Dannydet said:

Yes, I got the computer from Kevin. So I am the only user moving forward.
I will try the registry edit and hopefully Kevin will be no more, lol...

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You may have to reboot to apply the registry changes.

Dannydet said:

Yes, I got the computer from Kevin. So I am the only user moving forward.
I will try the registry edit and hopefully Kevin will be no more, lol...

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If it becomes an ongoing annoyance you might have to reinstall Windows 11. At least Kevin would be gone forever.

Yes, the registry edit didn't work. I'm also getting a notice that the version of windows is not found in Microsoft. We'll, I'm not going to buy a version of windows, I'll just put up with that annoyance. At least it's working fine with my Microsoft account and Onedrive, and all installed apps and my Emby server
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Dannydet said:

the version of windows is not found in Microsoft.

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Are you sure about that wording? Curious as to what version that would be. From command prompt as admin winver

Perhaps Kevin still has this PC registered on his microsoft account. You didn't specify your level of expertise with windows but I would do either a repair or a clean install:

Go to Settings > Update & Security > Recovery

Under Reset this PC > Select get started > Select Remove Everything> Select Local Reinstall or Cloud Download and follow the prompt to do a reset.

It is always a good idea when getting a used computer to do a Clean Install of Windows to remove all traces of the previous owner.

Go to Search or press Windows key +R and type Winver press Enter. What version # of Windows do you have?
If you changed the Registered owner, it would show up at the bottom of this window.

Go to Search or press Windows key +R and type sysdm.cpl and press Enter.
go to the Advanced Tab. Under User Profiles click the Settings button
Select the Kevin profile and click the Delete button. Restart the computer and Kevin will be gone.

It would be a good idea to backup any files you want before attempting.

Yep, I'm going to do a clean install and be done with it.
Bye bye, Kevin!!!!

Dannydet said:

Yes, I got the computer from Kevin

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Danny, I assume you know Kevin?
If not, I’d be wiping everything and starting over. Because if you don’t know Kevin, I would have concerns.

The good thing is, Kevin is a good friend of mine since high school, and was my best man for my wedding back in 1989,and we still are great friends to this day. He's my "IT" guy and works for a computer company. I'll give him a call and see if he can help with my situation. If not, it's just a cosmetic thing for Right now...

I remember Kevin. His parents left him home, alone, while they went on vacation. He was forced to defend his home, alone, from a pair of bandits.