"Sharing and Security" is missing from my XP Laptop
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Mar 15, 202615962 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have this work laptop with XP SP3. I am missing the right click option "sharing and security" which allows me to share folders and such. The "Sharing" tab is also missing from a right click > properties. At least I think there used to be one. Anyway, all the other computers at work have this abil…
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Fix for: "Sharing and Security" is missing from my XP Laptop
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Go to Tools > "Folder options" then the view tab and look for "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)" When you disable this, you should have the sharing and security tabs enabled. Please note that I think you only get the security tabs when using XP…
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