Open dialog box issue

When invoking the "open" command on AI or any of the CS3 app for that matter, on its window I get my 3 drives, network (wife's system) and MY OWN computer's name on the sidebar. What I mean is that Marcos' G5 appears too, when clicked it shows to the right my 3 drives and network again, what's the purpose of this? Aren't the drives on the side bar already? I would like to get rid of this repetition or bug (perhaps), my own computer on the open dialog box, am I missing a setting somewhere? anyone?
It only happens with CS3 apps.

Jean, I did trashed it :).
Scott, holy macaroni, i knew it was something stupid, that did it!, never thought the open dialog box would behave the same way, trashing prefs anyways to start clean.
Now that is out of the way, on the same open dialog box at the bottom of the sidebar I see the "media" folder and that one can not be moved by dragging, and is marked to not show on Finder prefs, not a big deal but can it be out of there? I'm just trying to simplify.
Thanks again Scott :)

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