All you have to do is open "System Preferences" and select "Sharing". You
can change the computers name from that panel.

All the best
Greg Sharp

On 20/12/04 11:57 AM, "Diana & Graham Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Is there a way to change the computer name?
> 
> I reinstalled OSX from the Panther CD, I skipped the registration
> page as I had already registered. The only information I had to
> provide was my name, short name and password. No place for the
> computer name, the default is DIANA-STEVENS-C, which I hate.
> 
> If I had registered Panther again would it have let me name the computer?
> 
> I would reinstall Panther (and update to 10.3.7 again) in order to
> change the name. But I don't want to go back to OS 10.1, which came
> with the G4 Quicksilver, as it installs OS 9 at the same time and I
> want it on a separate partition.
> 
> Diana
> 
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