Simple File Sharing in XP Home - checkbox missing?

Windows XP Home on home network workgroup

Trying to take ownership of a file (done it before successfully on Win2000
and XP Pro PC's) which entails turning off Simple File Sharing to enable the
view of the Security tab.

(read several posts and MS articles on this and have done it successfully)

The MS Knowledge Base articles state that this is possible in XP Home and
Pro.

I've tried to do this with XP Home and the check box isn't there to turn
on/off Use Simple File Sharing?

As per MS article:
Turning on/off Simple File Sharing
1.Double-click My Computer on the desktop.2.On the Tools menu, click Folder
Options.3.Click the View tab, and then select the Use Simple File Sharing
(Recommended) check box to turn on Simple File Sharing. (Clear this check
box to turn off this feature.)
Is my Norton Antivirus stopping this from being displayed??


One MS MVP made quite a statement on a post, reiterating the fact that XP
Home would only allow changing Simple File Sharing in Safe Mode. (Not
mentioned at all in MS Knowledgebase article that describles how to turn on
or off in XP Home). Tried it in safe mode. No box. The last listing in the
Advanced area is "Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items"



I tried it side by side with Win2000 machine and WinXP Pro machine. I could
take ownership of a file on a USB Hard drive that was rescued from a dying
Win XP Home laptop with both. Only XP Pro had the entry to Use Simple File
Sharing to check or uncheck. Now the XP Home laptop is reinstalled with a
new hard drive and I can't transfer some backed up files back to it because
I can't take ownership.

Clarify???


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