New laptop and no Security tab on root of C drive

[James]

Hey,
I just got a new laptop and was trying to change permissions on the
root of drive c. I right click in the root of drive c and choose properties.
There is not a security tab. The drive is NTFS and when I right click on a
folder I do get the security tab. Anyone know how to get the security tab
back for the root of the drive?

Thanks

 

[Malke]

Hey,
I just got a new laptop and was trying to change permissions
on the
root of drive c. I right click in the root of drive c and choose
properties. There is not a security tab. The drive is NTFS and when I
right click on a folder I do get the security tab. Anyone know how to
get the security tab back for the root of the drive?

Disable Simple Sharing from Folder Options.

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm

Malke

 

[James]

I did that and still no security tab. I do still get the security tab on
files and folders just not on the root of the c drive.

Thanks

 

[James]

I found out what caused the problem. I uninstalled HP Credentials Manager
and that is when it took away the security, quota, and a few other tabs on
the root of my c drive. I did the same thing on a new laptop and it caused
the same problem. Still haven't figured out how to get them back. I did try
to reinstall credentials manager and that didn't work. Any ideas anyone?

Thanks

 

[Malke]

I found out what caused the problem. I uninstalled HP Credentials
Manager and that is when it took away the security, quota, and a few
other tabs on the root of my c drive. I did the same thing on a new
laptop and it caused the same problem. Still haven't figured out how
to get them back. I did try to reinstall credentials manager and that
didn't work. Any ideas anyone?

Thank you for posting the reason. I would say that you should contact HP
for help with their software. There is always the possibility that
someone here as used or heard about this program (and I haven't, sorry)
but it would be more efficient and direct to go to the source.

Malke

 

[frodo]

There are several MS KB articals that frown upon changing the permissions
of the root, it can cause lots of headaches down the road. In fact, as I
recall XP will pop up a warning if you try to do that. Better google
around a bit and understand the issues involved...

 

[Steven L Umbach]

I have never seen such a warning though yes you need to be careful changing
permissions on the root and system folders. Unfortunately for many the
default permissions to the drive folder are too permissive in that they give
users the ability to create folders in special permissions seen in the
advanced page of security settings.

Steve

 

[Guest]

Damned, I have the exact same problem. Are there some things we could check,
see whether this uninstall changes some registry settings, deletes files etc?

Thanks,
Simon

 

[Malke]

Damned, I have the exact same problem. Are there some things we could
check, see whether this uninstall changes some registry settings,
deletes files etc?

Thanks,
Simon

Since HP Credentials is not part of the XP operating system, contact HP
for help with their software.

Malke