Turning .ds_store writes back on for network shares

I used this article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301711
to turn off the writing of .ds_store files to network shares because they were very annoying on my Windows machine. However, it turns out they're more useful than annoying, especially since I access most of my files over a network to keep my MacBook HDD clean.
I tried both
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores false
and
defaults delete com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores (found via Google)
and restarted after each one. Neither of them did anything. Does anyone know how?
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Ken,
This just stores the preferences of folder lay out and view I believe. The problem is they have to have write permissions to those shares for those files to work or the Mac user will get access denied on a share.
The .DS_Store files are created by the Finder during its normal course of operation but they are invisible by default. The Finder will automatically put a .DS_Store file into every folder you have opened. These files are used to save the positions of icons, the size of the respective Finder window, the window's background, and many more view options.
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