Changing the name of the computer

Hey all, where do you go to change the name of the computer? I want to know bc when i go to the system profiler theres a (2) behind the name of that i have chosen. I dont know where this (2) came from and i would like to change it.
Thanks!

Go to System Preferences > Sharing. The name of your computer is in a box at the top of the preferences panel. Click on the edit button to change the name.
If the choices in the Sharing preferences are grayed out, you will need to click on the padlock in the lower left corner and enter your password.
Hope this helps.

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EM Configuration Assistant, Version 10.2.0.1.0 Production
Copyright (c) 2003, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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Database hostname ................ tahirpc.isu.intranet
Listener port number ................ 1521
Database SID ................ ORCL
Email address for notifications ...............
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) server for notifications ...............
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a_2010-01-28_11-28-42-AM.log for more details.
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ils.
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EM Configuration Assistant, Version 10.2.0.1.0 Production
Copyright (c) 2003, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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Copyright (c) 2003, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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Listener port number ................ 1521
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a_2010-01-28_11-54-55-AM.log for more details.
Could not complete the configuration. Refer to the log file at D:\oracle\product
\10.2.0\db_1\cfgtoollogs\emca\orcl\emca_2010-01-28_11-54-55-AM.log for more deta
ils.
I checked log files but i did not understand anything of 'em :(
Edited by: NaKKaSh.TR on 28.Oca.2010 12:12
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