OS keeps trying to connect to server

Hi - When I'm home I often connect to a local server on my LAN.
But when I travel, I get this system notification over and over:
There was a problem connection to the server "Media Center".
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.
For some reason my system keeps trying to connect to the server. I can't see why. This message keeps happening even after rebooting, before I load any applications. I can't figure out where in my system that server request is stored and how to stop it.
I've scoured the console logs but can't find any references to my server's name.
Anybody know how I can stop this? The dialog box is annoying and takes focus away from whatever I'm working on.
Thanks in advance...
chico

OK, I found the problem. I'm posting in case anyone else needs help.
Back when Mountain came out it removed colors and distinctive icons from the sidebar, replacing them with grey generic icons. I, like many others, hated the new look, so I installed a program (Side Effects) that uses SIMBL to restore the colored sidebar. It worked, I was happy, and I forgot about it.
With Mountain Lion, apparently there is a more complex interaction, and SideBar/SIMBL somehow kept trying to mount a particular local server. It succeeded when I was home, but when I would disconnect, it would reconnect on relogin. When I travel, after reboot it keeps giving me a "Cannot Connect to Server" failure message (it stops after a while).
LSS, I uninstalled SIMBL and everything works as it should. I really miss the colored sidebar but at the moment I'm not motivated to wrestle with the hacks necessary to restore it. I wish Apple would do so but it ain't gonna happen. I'll have to learn to live with the ugly sidebar.

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