Disabling Window's start button

Is it possible to disable the Window's start button of a workstation using a Java application running on a server.
The workstations are connected and should be controlled by a centralized server. IP address are known for each workstation and we want to enable or disable the workstation's start button (all windows 98, 95, ME) from the server via a Java application.
Is this possible. Any idea how i'll go about this? Do I need to call a Windows API? How will that be done. Any idea, link worth pursuing will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Pulat

In addition, we are also free to install the necessary java application in the workstations to communicate with the java application running on the server.
Thanks!
pulat85

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