Ex windows 7 documments folder get "Access denied"

Hello, recently uninstall Windows 7 to re-install xp for some reason, well my old user account password windows 7 not even had much less some sort of encryption, I mean the main library folder "documents" now that I try to access this folder from xp I get an access denied error not to do and are very important these documents help. I see no action to unlock and I already went crazy.

If the situation were reversed, I would say to use Takeownership, but I don't know if that would work in XP or not? Try going to the main folder of that directory and changing the permissions to your XP account. Be sure to check the box for applying those permissions to all child files and folders.

Im not have this tab :S

RevanKnight said:

Im not have this tab :S

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties

richc46 said:

How to take ownership of a file or a folder in Windows XP

Procedure for XP

This is more of a question that a statement. I remember reading here where someone said that ownership and permissions being two different things, that simply having ownership isn't sufficient to eliminate all access problems...true?

Thanks so much !