Networked machine shows up twice in 'Shared' list within Finder

Hi ya,
ok, I have a MBP with 10.5.2 as my main machine. I also have a spare G4 Quicksilver on the same Airport network. When I open a new Finder window, in the 'Shared' list I see my G4 as both the computer name (Fonts) and as username_(fonts.local). With the first one, I can access the drive no problem but can't share the screen. With username_(fonts.local) I can only share the screen but it never connects via Screen Sharing. I can share the screen with Jolly Fast VNC.
Any ideas??

I have had the exact same issue - two or even sometimes three icons (the extras were always with a pc monitor even though there are only macs in our house). It only appeared with my brand new imac and my MBP, not my old imac. Anyway, I figured out how to get rid of it. By default, my computer named my computer my username and the added an apostrophe and computer. So, for instance, my computer was called McIntyre's iMac. I changed the name to McIntyre iMac and the problem solved itself. The networking did not like the apostrophe. I did not have parallels installed, nor windows sharing. The only thing I had on was Printer sharing - which I needed to have. I hope this works for you too, please let us know if it does!!

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