Do Win Server Products demand password authentication?

Hi there,

Earlier today, I was trying to setup a shared folder between two XP Pro
machines in a Workgroup environment. I had some trouble, but was
ultimately able to resolve it ... in a strange way.

I was attempting to force the remote XP machine to ask the connecting
XP machine for a username and password in order to gain access to the
remote share.

The connecting machine and remote machines did NOT have a common
username/password combination. I would try to connect to the remote
share from the connecting machine and I'd simply receive an "Access is
Denied" error.

I did find an odd way to achieve the ends, though. I found that I could
force the password box by setting a "Network Password" in the User
Accounts Control Panel that contained...

MACHINENAME/USERNAME
WRONG PASSWORD

I presume that since a correct username and wrong password get passed
to the remote machine, the remote machine gives me another chance to
type in the correct password.

Here's what I don't understand:

Isn't this different with Windows' Server products?

Let's say I have an XP Pro machine with a Joe username trying to
connect to a machine that has no Joe username. All else being equal --
the workgroup name, a typical secpol, etc. -- wouldn't the server
install present the XP Pro machine with a username/password challenge
rather than an "Access is Denied" error?

.

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