"Extra" version of computer showing in Finder?

I see in the Finder that an extra version of my wife's computer keeps showing in the Finder.  (See screen shot)  As you can see, there is her MacBook Pro along with two others with numbers in parentheses.  The problem is that I can't access her computer for file backups, etc.
When I go to her System Preferences and go to Sharing, I delete the number after the parentheses, but it reappears.
Any ideas?  This just started happening with the new OS.
Thanks.

OK, sorted it in the end. I'd restarted both computers and my AppleTV, but hadn't done a reboot on my Time Capsule. I did that and it fixed the multiple instance issue. I was still left with a number in parenthesis next to each computer name, but I fixed that by following this article: http://www.cnet.com/news/computer-showing-on-network-with-2-next-to-name/ (turn off file sharing in system preferences, rename the computer, turn file sharing back on).

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