Shared login in a computer network?

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Published on 2010-05-17T22:52:35Z Indexed on 2010/05/17 23:02 UTC
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Hi,

I need to understand how a network works:

Several PCs running Windows XP
One server

The PCs are all network connected, as well as the server.

Each computer share the logins.

I need to understand what happens if I take off the server. Can I still login in each PC? Is the username:passwords on the server or in each computer?

My final goal is to take off the server from the network and I need to know what is the server doing. What can he be doing?

Thanks.

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