Re: XP Home and file permissions

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From: Lachoneus (lachoneus_at_nonexistent.net)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:29:30 -0700

> Home users generally do not need to set permissions. Why is it
> money-grubbing to supply a cheaper version for people who don't need those
> functions? Most don't.

That's not the point. If XP Home didn't support NTFS permissions at
all, there wouldn't be a problem.

But XP Home does support permissions; it just forces you to boot into
safe mode to fix them when they get fouled up. Would it cost Microsoft
money to enable the security tab all the time instead of just in safe
mode? No, but they want you to pay several hundred dollars for the
privilege. If that's not money grubbing, I don't know what is.

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