AD-bound Macs creating multiple accounts, losing directory connection

I've submitted a bug to Apple on this
(https://bugreport.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RadarWeb.woa/12/wo/v163WoLwrzZZk9 a3bks1bM/3.33.26.0.3)
back in September with no response.
I support a large east-coast client with a physically disparate user-group. I'm not on-site all the time so can't run the directory services log in debug mode, but have to solve the problem quickly...the shotgun approach so to speak.
AD-bound workstations always create two home folders and occasionally produce more than one NetInfo account (as many as 3) with the exact same information. On occasion this causes login failures(shake-off), the only workaround is to delete the NetInfo records and re-create the mobile account.
Symptoms of an affected workstation are also that the user can't change their own password from the accounts pref pane (user clicks on change, puts in old, new pass, clicks change, then gets prompt saying they are not allowed to do this, contact their administrator.)
dscl localhost brings up normal session, but cd-ing into Active Directory/All Domains/Users and trying to list (ls) brings back: "DS error: eDSCannotAccessSession"
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Bind the system to an AD domain with different pre and post windows 2000 profile names.
2. Log in as an AD user.
Expected Results:
1. Machine will create two home folders, using the shortname of the user you logged in as, but also able to browse the other one (username is lastnamefirstinitial, so home folder is the same, but also able to browse first.last homefolder.)
Actual Results:
The same as expected, except that on occasion two or more Netinfo records are created (seems to compound over time)
Does not occur (account duality) if naming profiles are standardized, but login issues still occur.
Anyone see this before? AD is 2003...

iPhoto 6 users: http://photocast.mac.com/eddyer/iPhoto/screenshots/index.rss
FireFox, iLife '05 and/or PC Users:
http://web.mac.com/eddyer/iPhoto/screenshots/index.rss
interesting...the only difference in the records as seen in dscl and Netinfo Mgr are the SMB last logon time/SMB password last reset time...all other entries appear identical.

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