Hi Jeremy This is maybe a long-shot, but here goes. Where I work, they've installed a managed desktop system, which does things like bar you from accessing the floppy drive (among other annoying things). Someone in IT developed a reg file to run, which fixes the problem. So the following file re-enables access to the floppy among other things. If you can work out which line or lines are involved, then you can set the switch the opposite way and you will have barred access to the floppy drive. Good luck!
ps. if you figure it out, I'd like to know how it's done. Here's the contents of the file called "Fix registry settings.reg": REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Active Desktop] "NoCloseDragDropBands"=dword:00000000 "NoMovingBands"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explor er] "NoDrives"=dword:01000000 "NoActiveDesktop"=dword:00000000 "NoActiveDesktopChanges"=dword:00000000 "NoNetHood"=dword:00000000 "NoCommonGroups"=dword:00000000 "NoSetActiveDesktop"=dword:00000000 "NoChangeStartMenu"=dword:00000000 "NoInternetIcon"="0" "NoDesktop"=dword:00000000 "NoRecentDocsHistory"=dword:00000000 "ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000000 "NoClose"=dword:00000000 "NoStartMenuSubFolders"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Networ k] "NoEntireNetwork"=dword:00000000 "NoWorkgroupContents"=dword:00000000 -----Original Message----- From: vss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 31 January 2003 16:25 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: Disable Floppy in Registry Hi. Does anyone know how to disable the floppy drive via the registry tather than using the CMOS? Cheers, Jeremy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
