Mac compatability with Win2003 Network?

I wonder if someone can help me. We've got a Windows 2003 server at school. From a PC you 'log on' from a rather ugly front end and end up (very slowly) with your own folders & desktop, etc. When you're finished you click on 'start'... etc.
We have a few Macs but all I've been able to do is set up some shortcuts in the dock so that pupils can log on to their own folders on the server from within the current OS X user. For some reason the SMB login window has text in it that needs deleting and there is always the danger that someone daft will click "remember password". And then forget to 'eject' their folder when they've finished.
Without wanting to make OS X as ugly and unfriendly as XP, is there a way of getting OS X to provide a login window like the PCs do (without manually creating a user for every pupil on every Mac)? Can Mac OS X's login window refer to a list held on the 2003Server?

Hi Ash435, I'd recomend putting your macs on your network 'binding to your domain'if you have a look at the docs here
http://www.wazmac.com/wazza/networking/basicsharing/networkintegration.html
it should be relatively simple. The only gotcha maybe the the security signing settings on the server which will need to be changed to
Digitally Sign Client Communication (Always) Disabled
Digitally Sign Client Communication (When Possible) Enabled
Digitally Sign Server Communication (Always) Disabled
Digitally Sign Server Communication (When Possible)
Cheers

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