John,

Yes it is true that for some file types Windows will display additional 
tabs when you view the properties.

Under XP you will always get General and Security. These are the core OS 
properties and reflect the underlying file system.

In addition to these attributes, various applications install their own 
tabs to the properties sheet. In the case of Microsoft Office documents, 
Office will install a Custom and Summary tab.

So if you do not have Office installed you only get the General and 
Security tabs.

I see this as being no different to a letter in an envelope. A letter may 
be in Korean with a date of last year, but the envelope may be in English 
with a post mark of today.

Anybody with half a brain understands that this means the letter was 
written sometime before today, and that the envelope was in all probability 
posted within the last few days.

Using this analogy, the property tabs provided by the operating system 
represent a view of the envelope, and any other tabs represent a view of 
the letter.

If you chose to use an ERM that is great, but to go back to the original 
question nothing is wrong with the Operating System.

Gerard 

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