Hey Kevin,
If you look at the second solution in the article, it can be done via adding a registry key as well. You should be able to write a quick VB script to implement it. However, since the article was written for 2K, I'm not sure it works in 98. You should be able to test it quickly by doing it manually on one of the machines.
-Ken
kenweber
GCom2 Solutions
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