Best thing since sliced bread I came across this on Doug Knox's site and thought I'd share it here. As you XP Home users know the only way to get to the Security tab on folder properties is to boot into Safe Mode. Well not any more, thanks to this new tip from Doug Knox you too can have security settings just like in XP PRO.

» 'How Do I see the Security Tab in XP Home? This tip provided by Gilles Pion Go to: » Instructions: Download the x86 (Intel) version of the Security Configuration Manager and save it to your hard disk. Double click the SCESP4I.EXE file you downloaded and extract the contents to a temporary location on your hard disk. Then open the folder you extracted the files to and locate the Setup.inf (Setup Information) file. Right click Setup.inf and select Install. After the installation is finished, reboot your computer. Disclaimer: I have tested this procedure on my XP Home installation, and it works.

You have to download the SCM tool and install it. Extract the contents on your hard disk and go to the file where SCESP4I.EXE. Serial Port Delphi 7 Components Of Communication more. Home] - add the missing security tab.

I cannot guarantee that it will work on your system. Make sure you create a System Restore point before proceeding. WARNING: Adjusting the permissions on a drive, file or folder can lock even the Administrator account out of that drive/file/folder.' I like anything that gives me more control over my computer, helps to make it more secure, and generally makes life a little easier. I hope someone finds this as useful as I did.

I would be very cautious about using this -- what worries me is that this code was specifically compiled for NT 4.0, Service Pack 4 way back in October of 1998. As the readme file says, 'The version of SCE available on NT4-SP4 is a backport of technology that will ship in NT 5.0.' (Of course NT 5.0 was publicly dubbed Windows 2000.) There are some differences in the security data structures from NT4 to Windows 2000 to Windows XP (at the very least), such as the layout of access control lists. And there are differences in the versions of NTFS from NT4 to XP, such as the implementation of EFS. I'll see if I can find some non-programming references, but that's how I'm familiar with this.

Another thing to check is whether this will interfere with Safe Mode operations, where I believe the Security tab is 'normally' available in XP Home. I haven't tried this, so I can't say that it will not work, but I would at least keep System Restore points up to date. Just my opinion, Philip Sloss. I'm just a dumb old country boy.

I don't know anything about the code that this was compiled with. I make no claims as to my computer expertise. All I know is that I installed it, I'm using it, it works fine for me, and it does not interfere in any way with the Security tab functions in Safe Mode. I do trust the tips Doug Knox posts on his site and his word that it worked for him was enough for me to try it on my computer.