I needed to view a folder on a xp home system, but the admin user didn’t seem to have permissions to view the folder…

So I think: easily fixed… just get the properties window for the folder, go to the security tab… whats this? no security tab!

After a bit of web trawling, I find that XP home doesn’t allow the security tab be visible unless… you start in safe mode, and then login as administrator… grrr.