Changing the name by the 'home' icon?

How do I change the name that appears next to the 'home' icon under Places? Thanks for your help!

If you don't have any data under your current Home folder than it's pretty safe, if you already converted your data, email, photos, etc then you could possibly loose access to those if you don't perform those actions correctly.
See these articles..
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/renamehomerecovery.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1876?viewlocale=en_US
Edit: If you don't have any data under that home folder then it would be easier to define a new userid and delete the old one.
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However, the Home/Icon and administrator is in the name of the old owner. Obviously, he gave me the password. But, I really want to have my name on it.
I've the box, the discs and all the books. Everything is in really good conditions.
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1. Yes, just the Shortname will be changed.
2. Not easier, but you can do that if you wish.
since I'm in the official Mac support forum should I expect to receive a reply from a Mac expert staff or it is unlikely to happen?
Just other Users here like you, trying to help other users. For a real Apple answer I think you have to call AppleCare, but rarely an Apple Host pops in... wouldn't expect it in this case though.
I do thank you for the info about your software and obviously will make a donation if everything works fine.
Not mine, but a worhy piece of SW just the same.

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While on the subject of users, Some users prefer the peace-of-mind of using an "ordinary" user account, rather than an Admin account for daily use. This makes it much harder for anything to "sneak" onto your Mac, as you need to authenticate anything to be installed in system directories.
To do this, create a new Admin user, log into it, and demote your daily-use account to a non-Admin user. When actively installing stuff, the Admin username and password will be requested.

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