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>2) Pass in the user's ID and password from the command line calling the executable (in the start in box of the properties for the shortcut) - does anyone know how to do this?
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In the "target" field on your shortcut type:

< drive >:\< path >\YourApp.exe user_id password

that's all
how you obtain the password is something else, can't help you there

>I think the second method is preferable because I would want to have the ability to login as an administrator on any one of the workstations. If I had the system read the ID and password off the workstation network login, I would lose this ability (unless I provided a "login as a different user" function like windows NT) but this seems like too much complexity for a relatively simple issue.
That's very easy, actually, I have a program I can ship to you if you want, works perfectly...
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>This is why I want to go with the second option - pass in the user ID and password as parameters from the startup command line, if possible. That way, if I want to log in as an administrator or different user on a workstation, I can simply change the start in command line in the properties of the shortcut on the desktop - a minimal effort.
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>Has anyone done this or know how I would go about it?
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>Much thanks for your help!
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>-JT
Best regards