Time Capsule shows up as Computer in Sidebar

Hi,
Each time after the iMac waked up from sleep the sidebar-icon of the Time Capsule has changed to the icon for a normal computer (Monitor). Restarting the Finder helps to show the correct icon (little Time Capsule) but after the next sleepmode the wrong icon is back.
This happens just on one MAC in the network, the others are showing the correct icon at any time even after waking up from sleep.
I've searched the web over and over and it seems that some other people have the same issue sometimes (i.g. here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/10731493#10731493) but I never found a solutuion for that.

Hi,
I have the same issue. Time Capsule shows up as both a Time Capsule (with correct icon) and as a PC File Server...
Could it be because i've used it to transfer files, over the air, from my old PC laptop to an iMac?
Anyone have an idea about this?

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