Auto Login Volume windows open up Annoying

Hi everyone,
I have a question I hope someone can solve.
Ok its what I like to call an annoying fix. I set up my computer so that I auto login on to the office server and mount the volumes on my desktop. HOWEVER, everytime I restart my macintosh and it auto logs in... ALL the server volume windows open up and I have to close them everytime and there are 20 partitions!. Is there a way to fix this? I tried selecting the hide option in the login items pane of the account preferences but it didn't work. I'm almost going to resort to making an apple script but there must be a setting to stop this. Thanks
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Thanks for your reply,
It is in the start up items and the hide option does not work.
It's not just my macintosh but every mac in the office has the same problem. I've also seen the problem on other computers in other offices. I thought it might be a server issue but I've seen this problem occur regardless if it's a Windows or OS X server.
I'm beginning to wonder if it is a bug or if OS X is set up that way on purpose.
I do know it is annoying.
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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