How to prevent .DS_Store file creation on network connections on Mac OS X 10.5
Based on this article here - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629 you can configure your mac to stop writing the .DS_Store files on you network mounts. This is especially useful when interacting with MS Windows environments.
To disable open a terminal and enter this command:
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true
To enable open a terminal and enter this command:
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores false
A restart is needed for this to take effect 
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If you want to prevent .DS_Store file creation for other users on the same computer, log in to each user account and perform the steps above—or distribute a copy of your newly modified com.apple.desktopservices.plist file to the ~/Library/Preferences folder of other target users.
These steps do not prevent the Finder from creating .DS_Store files on the local volume. These steps do not prevent previously existing .DS_Store files from being copied to the remote file server. Please note that disabling the creation of .DS_Store files on remote file servers can cause unexpected behavior in the Finder (click here for an example).
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