How to change computer name in mountain lion

how to change the computer name in mountain lion - the name is greyed out and the lock is unlocked. I am in the admin account.

OK, check this one:
/Library/Preferences/System/Configuration/preferences.plist
and see if it's locked. If not, try moving that file out to the desktop. You'll need to reset a number of preferences, but that seems to be where OS X 10.8 is keeping that setting now.
Regards.

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