Tried that already, paul...no good...it just puts another one right back when I launch the wizard. Even when I replaced it with mine (just for test purposed), it still said already activated.
I'm going to try your suggestion now, radio1_mike...I already have RegScrub installed.
Thanks.
EDIT: All I see in RegScrub is 'change registered Owner and Organization'. I don't think that will help my problem though.