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Enabling the Security tab in Windows XP

I was going nuts trying to figure out how to get to the security settings for a folder in WinXP MCE.  In Win2k it was under properties, but it wouldn’t show up under XP.

The most popular option I found was to reboot in Safe Mode, but that’s a pain to do every time I want to toy with permissions.

The other option is to go to Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View tab and clear the checkbox next to “Use simple file sharing (Recommended)”.  Poof, the security tab shows up and the sharing tab looks like it did in Win2k.

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