I was replying to the poster who said that the Security tab was missing in
XP Home (you can see it if you boot into Safe Mode). The Security tab will
not allow you to access Local Users and Groups. It is disabled in XP Home,
period.
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Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Alan" <aprochaska1@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 12, 12:16 am, "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dkno...@Spammvps.org>
> wrote:
>> Seewww.dougknox.com, WinXPTips, How do I Get the Security Tab inXPHome
>>
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>> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
>> Display\Security
>> Win 95/98/Me/XPTweaks and Fixeshttp://www.dougknox.com
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>> Per user Group Policy Restrictions forXPHome
>> andXPProhttp://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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>> "Censored Syndrome" <syna...@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message
>>
>> news:OJ5Fxs%234IHA.776@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> > "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dkno...@Spammvps.org> wrote in message
>> >news:FA248CDD-873B-4631-9BF0-C8853CD1ED76@microsoft.com...
>> >> No, since the Local Users andGroupstool is not enabled inXPHome.
>>
>> > And nor is there the NTFS Security tab, anyway, I think (I have never
>> > actually used Home for any length of time).
>>
>> > ss.
>
> OK, this probably seems dorky, but I'm still stuck, and since it
> involves system security I don't want to launch forward bravely. I
>
> downloaded Security Configuration Manager, made a System Restore
> Point, extracted all the SCM files to the same folder and read the
> readme. I rebooted. Still no Security Tab appears in Explorer /
> View / Folder Options. Do I have to do something else to get the tab
> to appear?
>
> I looked around the rest of your site and didn't find the info. XP
> Security Console appears to be mostly about restricting specific
> access from users. I didn't see that it would enable me to add user
> groups.
>
> Thanks for help.
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