Security tab is missing

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Mohammed Safi

the security tab is missing from the properties of files and folders! the
drive is ntfs and user is local admin! . i check the article # 308418 but it
did not solve the problem.
any suggestion please.
 
"Mohammed Safi" <safimt@sabic.com> wrote in message
news:96E1E5DA-7ED4-4015-B73F-EEA875126C20@microsoft.com...
> the security tab is missing from the properties of files and folders! the
> drive is ntfs and user is local admin! . i check the article # 308418 but
> it
> did not solve the problem.
> any suggestion please.

Are you perchance using XP home? In which case the security tab is only
available when in safe mode.
 
Mohammed Safi wrote:
> the security tab is missing from the properties of files and folders! the
> drive is ntfs and user is local admin! . i check the article # 308418 but it
> did not solve the problem.
> any suggestion please.

Is this XP Home or XP Pro? XP Home does not have the security tab.

If you have XP Pro, then you need to disable simple file sharing in
order to see the security tab.

If this is XP Home, you can use command line tools such as cacls to
modify security. You might also want to take a look at
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_home_sectab.htm.
--
Tom Porterfield
 
Windows XP Pro SP2. I found the solution. it was in the local policy the
disable secure tab was enabled when i disable it i could see the security
tab.

"M.I.5¾" wrote:

>
> "Mohammed Safi" <safimt@sabic.com> wrote in message
> news:96E1E5DA-7ED4-4015-B73F-EEA875126C20@microsoft.com...
> > the security tab is missing from the properties of files and folders! the
> > drive is ntfs and user is local admin! . i check the article # 308418 but
> > it
> > did not solve the problem.
> > any suggestion please.
>
> Are you perchance using XP home? In which case the security tab is only
> available when in safe mode.
>
>
>
 
Mohammed Safi wrote:
> the security tab is missing from the properties of files and folders! the
> drive is ntfs and user is local admin! . i check the article # 308418 but it
> did not solve the problem.
> any suggestion please.


Is this WinXP Home, or WinXP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled? If
the former, that's by design if the latter, simply disable Simple File
Sharing.


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Bruce Chambers

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