Unknown "Shared" computer in sidebar

I sometimes get a computer (name mlt1a8990) showing up in the shared section of the sidebar which I know nothing about! The Get Info just says it's a PC Server but I don't have a Windows PC connected by ethernet. I cannot connect to it. If I try, I get the message "connection failed" with a message that it may not exist or is not operational and it often disappears.
I do have a wireless connection to the network which is used only for my iPod Touch and MacBook Pro but I do not allow broadcast of SSID, I have a WPA2 password and access is restricted to machines by Mac address. But it seems to remain there even if I have wireless turned off which suggests it's not a breach of my wireless security.
Any ideas?

I would say so. I can't find the posts anymore but some other posts experiencing a similar problem (but I don't think it was with a networked printer) reported having a partial of a MAC address as the name of the mysterious "shared PC server." You might try playing some games like powering down the printer then cycling power on the modem/router and your Mac and see if it goes away from the sidebar. But I would venture to say that you have correctly identified what it is. Now, why it's showing up as a PC server and how to make it not do that anymore.....

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Hi everyone,
I have used Mac OS X since version 10.1, so I know it quite well. However, since I have upgraded to 10.5, a computer shows up under "shared" in the Finder. It was never my intention to connect to any computer, but one named uw-uy155rr0hdft (a pc server) keeps showing up. Sometimes it disappears (after a reboot), but whenever I download something through Safari, it appears again.
I am worried that someone might have broken into my system (is this even possible on a Mac?), since I never wanted to connect to this PC in the first place. On the plus side, whenever I click on this shared computer, the connection fails. How can I remove this shared computer from my system? Thank you very much in advance.

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For quite some time I've been seeing a computer show up under shared in finder. It appears as macbook-2cd86c. When I click on it is states that I'm connected as a "guest". I can identify my husband's MacBook. If it helps to know, we both connect to the internet wirelessly and use AT&T UVerse. I thought that maybe it be the name of the router, but we've changed it a few times and the name of the unknown macbook has remained the same. We also both have iphones that sync to our respective computers. Our network is WPA protected. How can I indentify this unknown computer?

how do I find out the the number of the MAC address on my husband's Mac?
Applications -> Utilities -> System Profiler
On the left side select "Network"
On the top Right side select "Airport"
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I was attaching a file to an email when I noticed that there was an unknown, what looks like a computer, in my shared items. It is listed as "brw008092c78403" and in the GET INFO box it shows: General' Kind: PC; More Info: (cannot find anything on it); Preview: Shows a computer screen.
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That's probably a Brother printer.
Do you have one of those?
If so, remove it from your Mac...
Shut down the printer.
Reconfigure the Brother printer to not use its SMB / CIFS access services, which is what the Mac is detecting here.
Or leave it be, possibly after having reset the printer name to something like "Brother Printer" via the printer's configuration menus.

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Hello,
I am very confused on what is going on here. Basically, I am at a friends house and have my MacBook connected directly with an Ethernet chord. There are no other connections going out of the DSL box/Router because there is only one output for internet. It's the generic one that comes with internet installation.
That being said, in the sidebar of my Finder window there is a computer listed under shared called "office" and I am capable of viewing all of the files on this computer.
The only other computer in the house is a Windows 98 Desktop computer, and does not have the same files on it, nor is it even connected to the internet.
Like I said, this is a direct connection, no wireless router.
If it matters, I was previously in town using unsecured wifi from local businesses and then came home, plugged in the ethernet, and the shared computer popped up.
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This just started today. I have my iMac and MacBook Pro networked through Airport Extreme. Today my MacBook Pro shows up twice under my iMac finder sidebar. First icon is itself (MacBook), second icon is PC. Both with the same name. Get info shows the second icon as PC Server. I cannot connect to the PC icon, which I'm assuming is a good thing.
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Ok, ive had this problem for ages and i think ive pretty much figured it out, your computer is showing your macbook over your network and through Bonjour (apples own wireless connection) Still not sure why it always shows it as a PC though, or as a server...
Anyway, I ive found where it originated from, if you go to System Preferences>Sharing, at the top you will see your computers name and underneath it will say "Computers on your local network can access your computer at:" and its name will be whatever the 'PC server' is called on your finder sidebar, in your case "tosha". You can test it by changing the name to something like "tosha1" by clicking the edit button, in may cases the extra shared computer will disappear, but, after a while it will reappear and will now have the new name. =[
Sadly I dont know how to stop this but I suggest you take screenshots and go to an apple store, tell them about the problem and hopefully they will have an answer for you, they know everything! And even if they dont, check their machines to see if they have the problem, and if they dont, look at the settings and try and find why.
Im sorry I cant be of much help but im getting closer to the bottom of this and im sure its linked to bonjour! Ill keep you posted if anything else happens!
p.s. Im not a networking expert either! Im just as stumped as everyone else!

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Emma,
If two people have separate libraries on the same computer, it is best to put them into two separate Windows User accounts.
Go to Start > Control Panel > User Accounts > Add User Accounts, and get her set up in a separate user account. Then move all her stuff there and from then on the two of you can operate independently on the same computer.

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Hellooooo ~
My original Itunes install is on a Mac 10.3.9. My Itunes sharing computer is a Windows XP. The sharing over the local network seems to be working fine. I have not yet purchased an IPOD. QUESTION: Will I be able to get my (Mac sourced) songs and podcasts onto the IPOD from the sharing Windows computer?
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