Newbie - Can I set up XP users to connect to Mac Server for their login det

Hi
Thanks for reading this. I have set up a Mac Pro as a server and am using it as a file server and also for ftp backup. What I would also like to do is to have the mac pro act as a domain controller for the xp machines. Basically when they turn their machines on in the morning they log on to the mac server and get their details from the mac.
Thanks for any help and happy new year to all Mac folks. Looking forward to the Tablet!
Rich

We likely wouldn't be a good fit for this. You'll likely have to build a custom application (developer doing coding) to support your use case.
Randy

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