how to script win98 config change

our company is going to implenting password expirations for all users in a nt domain. the problem is unless the local windows password is sync’d with the nt password clients either won’t be able to change their password or they will get repeated windows login prompts. neither of which is acceptable to management. as of now i’m going to each desktop deleting *.pwl’s, rebooting, logging onto the network and leaving the windows password blank. then through the password applet in control panel i’m setting windows to use the same password as the domain password. we have 3000 users, i’m dying here!!!!!!!! I can deploy kixtart if needed, batch files,…….