10.6.5 allows rename of Public folder on Mac Mini but not on MacBook Pro

I have 10.6.5 running on a brand new Mac Mini and it lets me rename my Public folder so I can recognize it easily on my home network. My one year old MacBook Pro has this renaming option grayed out and I can't find how to enable it. I've looked at the sharing preferences and other places and I've searched this support forum.
Any ideas of what I might be forgetting to check, or set, or disable, or something?

Thanks for the tip. I marked my question solved, but I'm not really sure why one computer lets me rename and the other doesn't. I'll bet you're right and I shouldn't be renaming that stuff. I used Time Machine to go back to before I did that.
I'm now connecting to both machines as a registered user and I can ignore the Public folders anyway.
One thing still puzzles: the MacBook connects to the Mini almost instantly, but the Mini takes maybe a minute or more to connect to the MacBook. I thought about it waking the disk from sleep, but I've tried this right after making the MacBook do something to make sure it's spinning the disk. Maybe I'll play with it some more and search for answers or post another question later.

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