Several random osx 10.4 questions

hello- i just updated from 10.2 and im having a few problems.
1) i cannot install windows media player or AIM (4.7, for mac). i download the files and they come up as unreadable. is there a solution?
2) is there a way to change the 'short name' of your computer? you can click the name in the finder window, and yes change it, but the computer then treats the new name like a new user account and ive had to reset my settings, bookmarks, programs, etc. several times now.
is there a way to safely do it without interferring with the user account?
i had another, but i cant think of it right now.
any help with the above questions would be great.
thanks!

Just so you know, there is a Tiger forum, which might have more answers for you, since not all users in this forum have Tiger. However, for you 2nd question take a look at these sites:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2004/05/000198/index.php
They should help you change your shortname. HTH.
-NifflerX

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 > Good Morning,
 >
 > I am going to have to create several instances on one
 > box using solaris 10 zone technology. Each zone
 > haveing it's own instance. I need to confirm
 > whether or not that all those instances can use one
 > listerner or does each instance need it's own
 > separate port such as 1521, 1522 etc. for it's
 > listener.
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 > Your opinion and recommendation on this matter will
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