Can't batch rename my photos

I used to be able to batch name my photos with a title and then let i-photo put a number after it (like airshow 1, airshow 2.....) Now it won't work it looks like its going through the process but when I check info the photos still have the file names from my camera.
I have not done any upgrades since os 10.4.2 and it took away my ability to print through my network
Any Ideas on what would be wrong with the batch reame?
Joe

Thank you for the information, it helped some maybe you can help me out, I want to back up 5000 photos to dvd so I have a hard copy of them. Last week end I went through the export as originals and burned them to dvd. My problem is I have about 500 photos that have the same file name (the one given by the camera) and when I go to export them into a burn folder it says do I want to replace the photos already in the burn folder. So I am missing some pics. I thought I was double selecting the photos but I found one of the file names and did a search an 2 different photos showed up. I was hoping with batch rename the file names so this wouldn't happen.
Any thoughts
Thanks
Joe

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