Renaming computer & HD volume

How does one go about renaming your computer? I can see that the name my computer is setup on looks like it is about 7 permutations old, with a bunch of parentheses behind the name, etc.
Secondly, how does one go about renaming the volume of a HD? I have a bunch of computers that are all shared, it is is a serious pain in the neck to have all of the HDs named "Macintosh HD" which doesn't help me at all in identifying it.
Any thoughts you may have would be great.
Thanks

you can rename your computer in sharing system preferences. You can rename your hard drive in the usual way from finder from an admin account. select it, press enter an rename, same as for renaming anything else via finder.

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    In System Preferences -> Accounts it is easy to change the label for the Sys Admin, and that successfully changes the displayed name ( Jane Jones -> Jane Smith ) when the login window appears after a restart. ( She is OK leaving the 'short name' alone as she is not concerned with the details of the underlying Unix OS ).
    However, even though the user names have been successfully updated ( displaying Jane Smith as the admin along with the 'Other' account ), it still shows "Jane Jones's computer" ( wrong name ) as a label just under the "Mac OS X" title in the login window. How does she change this label ?
    Thanks for any advice you can give on her behalf.
    Mark

    The Computer Name is changed in Sharing preferences. If she wants to change the name on her Home folder (the shortname) then she will need to download the utility, ChangeShortName - VersionTracker or MacUpdate - and use it to make that change. She cannot simply rename the Home folder.

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    i cannot listen to my music on here cause it is too quiet and i cant make it louder and when i put my headphones on to listen that way it blows my ears cause it is too loud so i want to switch them with the loudness on my main volume on my computer and make it more quiet on my headphones please someone help me im ready to throw this computer out the window lol please help me thank you

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  • Renaming Computer Breaks Remote Access To Desktop

    I have renamed a couple of computers that were setup using the http://connect and now the user is no longer able to access the computer using Remote Desktop. It is available once they log into the web page but when the click on the icon to remote in it
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    Vern

    Can you ping the renamed stations from the server by name and by IP?
    Do the stations have static IP addresses or DHCP assigned?
    What is providing DNS for the network?
    What is providing DHCP for the network?
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