Apple Duo 270C manual Naming your computer and its owner, Close the Sharing Setup control panel

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.

vIf 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. v

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.

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