New Mac wants to talk to dead Mac "There was a problem connecting to the server"

Got a new iMac - it's great. However, when I start up, it still wants to talk to my long-gone Mac Pro (see message below). I have to click "OK" about a half-dozen times as it reappears.
This message will also come up when I open my Livescribe Desktop software.
Is there a simple way to track the source of this, and make the iMac "forget" its dead descendant?
Thanks!

Sorry - I wanted to clck "helped me" AND "solved my question, because it certainly did.
I had mistakenly thought that checking a login item eliminated it from opening at startup; WRONG - it just "hides" it.
I got rid of all of the "vestage" items (stuff from old Mac that cannot be located now, with the "!" symbol to the right of it's title), and now I restart unmolested.
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