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Disable or make floppy drive read only

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by sprocket Dec 13, 2004 last reply Dec 23, 2004

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Is there a registry edit to either disable or make the floppy drive read only.

I know the registry edit to hide drives, but this is no good, I need it either disabled or Read only.

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You will probably have to disable it in the BIOS and set an admin password for BIOS settings.

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This script is designed to use a GPO enforced Admininstrative template that will achieve that goal:
http://forums.susserver.com/index.php?showtopic=2067

You may also want to look at DeviceLock, which will lockdown any device you specify:
www.devicelock.com

A couple of options:

Manage Floppy Access from Recovery Console (Windows 2000/XP)

Registry Settings

System Key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole]

Value Name: SetCommand

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Value Data: (0 = restrict, 1 = allow)

Restrict Installations from Removable Media (Windows 2000/XP)

Registry Settings

User Key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer]

Value Name: DisableMedia

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = enable restriction)

The first one is no use and for the second we want users to access floppys but not write to them.

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