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I have been trying to get a group of iMacs (Tiger and Leopard) to stay connect via wireless to our network, authenticate using AD, and operate in the normal manner on a network. Finally Apple is getting the OS working so that the WiFi works most of the time, SMB connections connect via the WiFi (no more error -36), and much to my surprise today I got the "Other..." login choice. First try and it worked! After that it has been hit or miss.
The lack of login items means that I can not get my users attached to their shares automatically. I will have to come up with some other way of making that happen.
I too am annoyed by the use of the full name not the user name and the hanging when attempting to use the account settings when logged in as a managed user.
I have am pleased to see that Apple is actually fixing the problems, but I have been actively trying to get these issues resolved (with Apple) since the end of October (when I took on this mess.)