Icon Change Problem

I wanted to change the icon for my computer, but the info window says I am "read only" with no options below. How do I do this and why, if I am the admin., is it read only?
Thanks

I take it you mean the sidebar icon enabled by the topmost Finder preference item here:
!http://i41.tinypic.com/i6mi52.jpg!
Doing a GetInfo for Computer in the sidebar, I couldn't "paste in" a different icon in the usual way either.
I suspect you can't change the Computer icon without hacking into the system. It may be one of the icon files in /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/, and if, so you might be able to substitute a different icon under the name of the former icon file. But unless you are very experienced at this sort of thing, I would leave it alone!

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