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From: ddaniel@lindy.stanford.edu (D. Daniel Sternbergh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: responder and names
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Date: 26 Jan 91 01:45:57 GMT
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In article <dana.664846233@are> dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) writes:
>skippy@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Ian Chesterton) writes:
>
>>Hi all.  I've got a question which I hope someone out there can answer.
>>Whenever a new Mac is started up for the first time, it asks you to 
>>name the machine. Now, how does one
>>go about changing that name?
>
>Just trash the little responder file lurking in your system folder and
>you'll be asked all over again what your name is.

Or change the "User Name" in the Chooser and restart.  That should do
it. 

Daniel