"The finder cannot complete the operation error -36"

i try to connect to a pc using connect to server of the finder, i type smb://IP-of-the-pc and got this error, so.. anyone any ideas?

Hi Holly!
I had a double-take on your message because I was 99% sure that your problem was related to digitally signed communications, but then you said no other Macs are having this issue.
This would lead me to believe the problem lies with the one Mac, however I suspect that digitally signed communications are still the cause. The reason is that I suspect your server also has File Services for Macintosh (SFM) enabled and that your other Macs are probably using that. By default if a user enters just "servername" in the Connect To Servers dialog then AFP will be used automatically. You're specifically trying to use CIFS (more commonly referred to as SMB on Macs).
Try this...
First, verify that your user still has the problem when using the connect string "smb://server/share" instead of using CIFS. If that doesn't work then...
Second, have your user trying entering "afp://servername" as the connect string. This will verify whether or not others are using AFP instead of SMB. Finally...
Have a look at this page on Microsoft's website. While it doesn't specifically address Macs, it does refer to SMB connections and digitally signed communications. This page also tells you about the policy on the server that needs to be disabled to allow Macs to connect via SMB.
Hope this helps! bill
1 GHz Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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TCP    [::1]:6001             [::1]:8040             ESTABLISHED     4764
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TCP    [::1]:6001             [::1]:8048             ESTABLISHED     4764
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