Authenticate windows local account without using active directory!

[Adeel Chaudhry]

hello!! i am desperate to know the way to authenticate a local windows account, by taking username & password, without using active directory! did tried myself, invained, searched, never got a solution, all what i found were having active directory in it, i dont hav and i dont want to hav active directory installed!!!isnt there any way of doing it without active directory!!:( can anyone please help???:(( Adeel --