<p>How do I perform a network login, to access a shared driver for instance, programmatically in c#? The same can be achieved by either attempting to open a share through the explorer, or by the net use shell command.</p>

You'll need to use Windows Identity Impersonation, take a look at these links
http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnfa/archive/2005/03/21/400088.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/saurabhkv/archive/2008/05/29/windowsidentity-impersonation-using-c-code.aspx