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Naming your computer and its owner 184, Naming your computer and its owner – Apple PowerBook (Duo 270C) User Manual

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3. Close the Chooser.

When AppleTalk is active, PowerBook computers go to sleep
automatically only when they run out of battery power, or when
the power adapter is plugged in and the PowerBook is not
connected to any shared disks on the network.

Naming your computer and its owner

Before you use the network, you should give your computer a
name and name yourself as its owner.

1. Choose Control Panels from the Apple (K) menu and

open the Sharing Setup icon.

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If you can’t find or can’t open the Sharing Setup icon: Check
whether the Sharing Setup icon is in the Control Panels folder
and the File Sharing and Network icons are in the Extensions
folder inside the System Folder. If not, or if you still have
problems, use the Installer to install the AppleTalk software.
See the chapter on setting up your programs for more
information.

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2. Type your name in the box labeled Owner Name and

press Tab.

3. Type your password in the box labeled Owner Password

and press Tab.

Your password can be up to eight characters long. Remember
the capitalization you use. After you press Tab, your password
is replaced by bullets (•) so no one can read it.

4. Type a name for your computer in the box labeled

Macintosh Name.

This is the name others will see when they access your
computer on the network.

5. Close the Sharing Setup control panel.

184 Chapter 12: Using Your Computer on a Network