How do I hide Finder windows of Network Shares at login?

I am using an Intel Mac mini CD to connect to Samba sharepoints on a PowerMac 2x2 that runs OS X Server Tiger. I have added the sharepoints to the login items so that at login my user is automatically connected to the sharepoints and has access to those sharepoints relevant to his needs.
My problem is, every login results in 5 separate Finder windows opening, one for each sharepoint. These then have to be manually closed, which defeats my argument to users that Macs give higher productivity than Windows.
I have tried ticking "hide" in the prefs, but this has absolutely no effect whatsoever, probably because I would have to hide Finder at login and that seems not to be possible (I doubt if it would work anyway since I can't get "Hide" to work for any app, but that's not this issue).
How do I have the sharepoints connect without opening any Finder windows? They need to be visible in a Finder sidebar when manually opened, and on the desktop, but they must not open automatically.
TIA

That was very helpful, thanks. In actual fact I could remove the delay line completely because the Apple Script did not run until after all the sharepoints had loaded.
This was probably because the sharepoints were entered into the login items first and appear above the Apple Script which is the last entry in the login list. I expect the login items are being treated by OS X as a sequential list - Job 1 is started and completed, then Job 2 is started and completed and so on until Job 'n' has finished, then the list stops.
For me, this means Jobs 1 - 5 are "Mount Sharepoint" jobs, with Job 6 being "Run the Apple Script". Since the Finder windows have already finished opening, I do not need a delay to close them.
Many thanks for showing me Apple Script isn't so difficult to use! I really appreciate that. I really must read that book I bought on it a year ago!
It would be nice to know how not to have Finder open the windows in the first place though.
Thanks again.

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