Net Install, Creating and Preserving User Names & Prefs

Hi
I have 10.3.9 Server and a few 10.3.9 and 10.4.9 clients with iMacs, eMacs, Macbooks etc. I would like to install (not boot) from the server but I cant find much info about it except the Help which doesnt cover my question which is:
1. How do I create a new unique user name for each machine if they are all installing from the same disk image?
2. Can I preserve the desired prefs for each machine (they are all mostly the same but not all) How about for all the apps such as Office X, Firefox (incl Bookmarks), Scanning Software, OCR, VNC etc etc and other stuff like VPN which only the laptop users need.
3. Regarding the 4 Sight Network Fax, Each user needs to log on with its own password - Does Net Install cope with this? If so how without a unique installer for each user?
4. I realise I can create a served .pkg file that all can access but then I would have to manually set the prefs for each app (wouldn't I?).
I gues my quesiton boils down to:
How do I set up some kind of image that will include the OS, the Apps and all their finely crafted prefs but have flexibility when it comes to variations in finder and app prefs across the group to save time.
(How you ever spent time customising Word and Excel VX menus and finding the changes don't stick!!)
Hope someone out there has done this before!
Many thanks
G4 Tower & Clients Mac OS X (10.4.9) OS 10.3.9 Server
G4 Tower & Clients Mac OS X (10.4.9) OS 10.3.9 Server

Thanks Camelot
From your text I understand that I can put a disk image of OS and Apps on the server as a network install to install new and update existing clients. After that, I create a "home directory" on the server for each client and populate it with the correct prefs for the finder and apps.
At each startup the user doesnt know it but all their prefs are coming down from the server, as a result they can log in anywhere on the network adn everything is as they left it!
If thats right, then after new system setup, how do I effect a standard suite of prefs for each client without repeatedly setting up each one? How about clients that have some prefs set slightly differently (like that fax server which needs unique pwd for each client)? Finally, what if I need to distribute a new app pref to each client?
Many thanks
G4 Servers, iMacs, eMacs, Powerbooks & MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.9) Many other Apple computers on my network.

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