Cannot claim ownership of laptop

There is a problem that I've been having with my laptop for nearly the entire life of the device. I've called Dell Customer Support so many times for help solving the issue. Never have they presented me with a way to fix my problem, and I've scoured the internet for the last year, and have not managed to find anyone that even has the same problem. However, my most recent call to Dell Customer Support is where my newest problem has arisen. I was told that my laptop has gone out of warranty recently, and I was asked to verify my information. I told them every variation of my name, and every zip code I've lived in since I've had this laptop. I was told that none of the information matches the records. At this point I don't even care about my original problem, because I've found a makeshift workaround that I know isn't good for my laptop hardware. Right now I am simply concerned about the fact that I am not the registered owner of this laptop, and have absolutely no way to transfer to ownership to my current information. I received the laptop as a part of a college scholarship, and think maybe that whoever at the organization from which I received the scholarship was the one who ordered the laptop may have had it unknowingly registered to their information. Now when I get rid of this laptop(which is inevitable because it probably won't live much longer than another year or so), I won't be able to properly transfer the ownership, and the new owner will have the same issue if they try to claim proper ownership of it. I have literally no way of finding out who this laptop is registered to if it was registered to someone at the scholarship-issuing organization.

So I was wondering if there was any way other to transfer ownership to myself without any of the information of who it was initially registered to. I understand that this is most likely in place to prevent theft of a laptop, but I've got pictures of myself on it dating back to when the laptop was first turned on, and I am willing to do anything necessary to prove that I am the legal owner of the laptop.

This problem is intensely frustrating and I've found myself requiring extreme levels of patience to refrain from using massive amounts of profanity and slander against Dell and their employees. I'm very tired of spending so much time on the phone only to not get any help, and I've nearly completely lost my faith in Dell and their ability to help their customers. The fact that it has taken so long for me to receive any help that my laptop has gone out of warranty, despite useless attempt at receiving help while it was under warranty, severely angers me, and shows me how little compassion Dell has for their customers.

This is going to be my last attempt to get any help for any issue from Dell. If I cannot get even this ownership issue resolved, then I'm selling this ~$600 laptop for $100 and buying a new, non-Dell PC. So please, I don't want to have to stop buying Dell products forever, as I know they make quality products. However, never again do I want to have to deal with problems as frustrating as this.

So can someone please help me out?