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by pkrupski

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i have 30 workstations and nt 4.0 server and i want to disable the floppy and cd-rom drives from the employees so they can't put any of thier programs or games on the work stations (do not want to disable in cmos and have it passworded)also would the user profile do this function (i want the workstations to have all the same programs and if they delete something buy accident just have to reboot pc to come back to default??????

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by jack

upgrade to win2k, winXP Pro or NT4 workstation. These are made so you can do that kind of things. ME, 98, 95 are not.

by xfeard

Hi! You can use this link to download DESKMAN 4.2 which password-protect desktop shortcuts; hide the Start Menu, taskbar, taskbar buttons, system tray, and system tray clock; and disable the desktop, system keys, access to the floppy drive, taskbar properties, the Registry editor, and other system components.

http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0,10152,0-10105-110-7921521,00.html?gid=57339&tag=st.dl.10105-100-7921521-7921521.dln.10105-110-7921521

Good luck !

Xavier

by shanghai sam

There are several ways to disable the drive letters in Explorer: TweakUI (a utility to access hidden system options in 9x), various software solutions (mostly shareware) that exploit the same hidden options, but since you are a netadmin, I suggest you take advantage of system policies.
You can find System Policy Editor which is included in the Windows 98 install CD in the TOOLS\RESKIT\NETADMIN\POLEDIT folder.
There is a poledit.txt that gives you brief instructions on the installation and thepossibilities (create the system policies for a single user, a group, or the entire network).
While you're at it check out the TOOLS\RESKIT\BATCH folder which contains the utility to create custom installations of the '98. Very useful for network deployment or custom install CD creation.
Good luck and have fun! :)

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