Mac alias could not be opened....

everytime i try connecting to a computer on my network i get a:
"alias could not be opened because the original item cannot be found"
i have just recently upgraded a G5 computer to Tiger, and previously i was able to connect to the network and it was all fine. After the upgrade, it gave me that error every time i tried connecting to a computer. my internet connection is fine, my email works fine, other computers can connect to that computer but it can't connect to any computer. I am very lost and confused...can someone help me?

OK, then some things you might try:
1. In /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ folder toss the following if present:
com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
com.apple.smb.server.plist
preferences.plist
You will need to reconfigure all your network preferences on this machine.
2. In Network preferences TCP/IP section for the port you are using, turn off IPv6 in the Configure IPv6 drop down menu. Do this for all the ports you currently use - Ethernet, Airport, etc.
3. Update OS X to 10.5.4 or the current version. You can download combo updaters from www.apple.com/support/downloads/. 10.5.1 is not the best version of OS X to use as it had many problems. Of course back up your current system before doing any updates, and repair the hard drive and permissions before backing up.

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