Hyena is a very powerful tool. I hadn't considered it for this application, but it might come in handy. However, I'd be limited to using the 30-day trial, as my company is unwilling to pay for the full product, and I'm looking for a long-term solution.

FWIW, I've gotten the UDF working in our environment. It should solve the password thing so long as the tasks are recreated after a password change. However, I'm still looking for an easier, less buggy way of doing this. (For instance, jt.exe appears to be dependent upon the c$ share, which we disable as part of our server security process.)

Thanks, everyone for the suggestions and ideas. There are some very smart folks on this board, and I value your input.

NMM