Edit System File name

I purchased my iMac at a Naval Exchange. It was a display model and it still has a system file named "nex." As I understand, the only way to edit that name is to perform a complete new OS X setup. I'd obviously prefer to simply change the system file name. Help!

I'm not sure what you are calling the "system file"... do you mean the user folder name? If so, it is possible, though not particularly easy or advisable, to change the user name (and thus the user folder name). See:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428?viewlocale=en_US
Since this sounds like a used machine, and could for all you know have something malicious installed by the previous user, you would be wiser to erase the hard drive and reinstall the system from scratch.

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