These are end-user machines; none of them have Dameware console installed on it. If they did have Dameware they could just connect from their present machine to the new PC directly.
I'm seeking a way to circumnavigate me, as the PC tech, asking the end-user for their password in order to fully set up their new PC. As I said, we currently use VNC to do it but I would like to investigate ways to take VNC off the boxes entirely.