Access forbidden! Error 403 localhost

[Max Biomass]

Hi, Anyone, I get this when I click 'security' on http://localhost/xampp/ ?? any ideas ?? Steve...

Access forbidden!
You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 403
localhost
06/03/09 07:55:32
Apache/2.2.11 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.8

[Sharley]

Found many results by doing an advanced search in the XAMPP for Windows forum for keyword security or keywords access forbidden, here is just one of them:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=34164