Re-connecting SMB shares after sleep or standby?

Question

I have searched the forums for an answer but no real solution have been found yet, maybe you can help?
Iäm currently using my Mac Mini in a Windows 2003 Server network. It's a workgroup and there is only one server. I have two shares on the Win2003 Server that I connect to from the Mac using the regular SMB "Connect to server" procedure. The shares mounts fine and everything is accessible, both read/write on NTFS.
Now, I have set my Mac to go to sleep after 1 hour of inactivity. When I wake it up, the SMB share mounts are gone so I need to manually reconnect them. I have an Applescript that I doubleclick on that reconnects the shares, again all without errors. I ususally don't shutdown the Mini via Apple-Shutdown but rather just by quickly pressing the powerbutton on the back of the mini for standby, when waking up the shares are gone.
Is it possible to "hard mount" the shares so they stay accessible after sleep, like they do in WinXP for instance?
I´ve read about "automount" but it only seems to address auto-login scripts and I have no problem with mounting at login. Someone mentioned that it's possible to create an alias to the shares and place them in the right hand side of the dock and that should make the shares auto-mount when clicked, how is that done exactly?
The simple solution would be to disable sleep and to always shutting down the Mini, but the instant wake-up is so useful that I really don´t want to wait for it to get ready.
Any suggestions and tips are welcome, thanks!
Mac Mini 1,33   Mac OS X (10.4.4)  

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply.
Regarding questions 1-3:
1-2 Yes.
3. Yes, and same error shows up directly after launching puNetDaemon.
I didn't have the share's login stored in keychain because I was using a script that provided the login, thanks for pointing that out. I have made sure to connect to the share via Finder and to tick "store in keychain" and the share (E$) now connects automatically via Finder >> Go >> Connect to Server.
But I still get the same error. I have posted my ch.pusoft.txt below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>192.168.132.144</key>
<string></string>
<key>E$</key>
<string></string>
<key>WEBBER</key>
<string></string>
<key>theDrive2</key>
<string></string>
<key>theDrive3</key>
<string></string>
<key>theDrive4</key>
<string></string>
<key>theDrive5</key>
<string></string>
<key>theDrive6</key>
<string></string>
<key>theFinderDelay</key>
<integer>3</integer>
<key>theIdleReturn</key>
<integer>30</integer>
<key>theMACSource</key>
<string></string>
<key>theMACTarget</key>
<string></string>
<key>theStartupDelay</key>
<integer>15</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
I'm not familiar with Applescript or xcode so I'm pretty much at your mercy
Thanks again.
Mac Mini 1,33   Mac OS X (10.4.4)