I do start from scratch every now and then wether I like it or not lol. Yes I am speaking of moving the Hard Drive into a another computer it is worth a shot.

 

Hmm with XP Home you need to be in Safe Mode to be the administrator you have tried this? You are not the adminstrator totally under Safe mode or any other mode in XP Home. When you right click the folder and check the properties try changing the hidden attributes check to make sure it is not Hidden. Fiddle a little bit with the sharing too. If it is just this folder mess around a little. Can you copy the folder?