Stopping Leopard from mounting volumes it finds on the network

How do I stop Leopard from going out and mounting volumes it finds on the network without my requesting that server be mounted?
The network at work, is a rather slow, cumbersome, poorly linked network and mounting these volumes, which I do not want, is slowing down everything.
10.4 did not do this.

I am having the same problem. There seem to be some kind of hidden links to my network drive, which want to connect from time to time. I am not able to find the respective files.
Is there anyway to find the files and/or the reason why it wants to connect?

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( Mac Pro Quad/ delete cache file *)
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