Maybe there is an easier way to do this, but I found myself desperately trying to change the permissions on a bunch of folders using XP Home. Turns out that unless your in Safe Mode (I haven’t tried this) you can’t see the Security tab for a given folder in XP Home Edition.
One solution for this is to install the Security Configuration Manager (made by Microsoft for Windows 2000). Then even if you are not in Safe Mode you can see the Security Tab and make changes to the NTFS permissions.
Here is the link I used to find this information with a little howto:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_home_sectab.htm
Are you curious why I couldn’t boot in Safe Mode? I was using Crossloop to remote into the machine in question.
