Remote Desktop agent loading on startup??

If you don't have remote desktop enabled under the "Sharing" pref pane, it probably isn't running. It looks like the "RemoteDesktopAgent" startup item will only run if the value of the ' ARDAGENT' entry in '/etc/hostconfig' file is set to ' -YES-'.

For example, using "/Applications" > "Utilities" > "Terminal.app", this command can be used to check that entry in the '/etc/hostconfig' file:<pre>grep ARDAGENT /etc/hostconfig</pre>You can also check to see if any of the associated processes are running:<pre>ps -caux |grep "[A]RD\|[A]ppleVNCServer"</pre>I'm not sure what to make of your actual problem regarding the "eject" button, but I think having an alias to the local drive under "Network" is normal. The eject button might just be a matter of a bad pref file - for starters, you could try moving the "com.apple.sidebarlists.plist" or "com.apple.finder.plist" files out of the user's "~/Library/Preferences" folder and restarting the "Finder" (or logging out and back in)...

perhaps you have turned on "Apple Remote Desktop" on sharing pane in the system preferences. Just turn that sharing off.
you can also check Login Items under the Accounts preferences pane. if there are something related to ARD just delete them.

Actually, if you just entered ' /etc/hostconfig', the command is incomplete - or rather you are issuing a command to run the file ' hostconfig' as a programme, and since it shouldn't have permissions set making it executable, a "permission denied" error results. The full command is to use the ' grep' tool to search for the string ' ARDAGENT' in the file ' /etc/hostconfig':<pre>grep ARDAGENT /etc/hostconfig</pre>But you don't really need to use the command line to view the file - if you enter "file:///etc/hostconfig" into your web browser's address bar, it should either open the file directly, download a copy of the file to your default download location, or open the "/etc" folder with the "hostconfig" file highlighted, depending on the browser. If the file isn't displayed directly by the browser, the file's icon can be dragged to the "TextEdit" icon to open and view it.

To look for processes, you can use "/Applications" > "Utilities" > "Activity Monitor.app", choose to display "All Processes" from the pulldown menu in the toolbar, and click on the "Process Name" column header to sort processes alphabetically to look for the three processes associated with remote desktop. I suspect you won't find that ard is running, but hopefully this will put your mind at ease...