Lion 10.7.4 "There was a problem connecting to the server"

Hello, Please Help me!
I work on my mac os 10.7.4 and mac write to me "There was a problem connecting to the server. (Server.name)  The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again.'
I did not use any network server at that moment. And the message repeat again and again !!!
What to do? How switch off this function????

I'm back in the office today and the warning disappeared. I suspect that it might be because the backup server is there again.
I will try again tonight at my home whether the warning will reappear or not.
@Efim: Could you check in your Acitivty Monitor. Select "All Processes" from the drop down list in the toolbar. Check whether "backupd" is running or not. It is the Time Machine process. (Just want to make sure that turning off the Time Machine did stop its process.)

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