Macs Lose Active Directory Binding

We run 10.5.8 and use Deploy Studio 1.0.rc12 for imaging. We run several Mac labs here all with basically the same image. Lately, they have been un-binding themselves from our Active Directory and we can't get them to stay reattached. We try manually and have flushed the DS Cache etc. Removed the Server Policy and so forth. Nothing has worked to date. I do see over the internet that there are many problems of this sort, but none of those fixes have worked for us. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Chris

Hi
You don't have to do it if you don't want to but it would be helpful if you posted the solution. That way others looking to fix similar problems can find it more readily.
Tony

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