Can't get rid of "My Computer Box on desktop

My husband's white two-year old Macbook has a problem which is driving us crazy. On start-up a box which says "Ken's computer" appears in the middle of the screen, blocking files and everything else. In the box is the hard drive icon and the Firefox icon. There is no way to remove or even move this box. Under the Window file there are countless files entitled Ken's Computer. Now the computer is getting sluggish with numerous spinning beach balls.
Dee-Dee

Try starting the computer in Safe Mode by holding the Shift key while booting the computer. Does the box still show up here & is performance still slow?
~Lyssa

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