Changing Name Registered to a MacBook

My brothers hard drive decided to more or less give up working, lucky enough I had a spare hard drive. It's registered to me. So the Home name is Kate and so on so forth.
How do I change it all to his name? Been trying to do it for ages

If the other Mac is not exactly the same vintage or model, you can't use the software on it in a different Mac. You are probably better off, backing up the data, erase and installing, and using the Migration Assistant for anything you have license to use, if the other Mac is of the same chipset. If the other Mac is a PowerPC, use these tips to move data you have license for:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=0
If you have identical machines in model and vintage, to change the name, be careful as some software may need reregistration when the name is changed. Here's the article how:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428
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