Finder hangs when HD is opened/Attempts to connect to Network Server

We have two iMac G3s running 10.3.9.
The computers are connected to a Dlink ethernet router.
One of the computers will occasionally hang either when booting or when we double click on the hard drive. It appears to be trying to connecting to the other networked computer. We get the spinning beach ball plus an empty window.
While it's hanging, other applications can be opened from the dock and seem to be functioning normally.
If the ethernet cable is unplugged, the system will start normally.
One guess was that an alias to files on the other had been added to the sidebar and that the computer was trying to resolve this when the HD was opened. I saw this mentioned in a different Mac forum. Is this a problem? Is there a way to see why the one machine is trying to connect to the other?
What I've tried so far:
Disk Utility (Repair Permission/Verify Disk)
Disk Warrior 3.03 (Rebuild the directory
Removing the plist (I got a login window that then wouldn't allow typing the password.)
Cocktail
Suggestions?
iMac G3 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I agree that it is very annoying, but in my experience the Finder hang does eventually resolve itself if you wait long enough.
Not being that patient, I usually relaunch the Finder from the Dock, which clears the hang immediately.

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