At 10:27 AM 7/3/99 , you wrote: >I have a PII with Win98 as my OS. Every time when I start my PC and >run "windows explorer" my floppy drive (a:) is accessed. This unwanted >access only takes place when I run Windows exploer at the first time. >When I run Windows explorer again it won't happen. I checked my Windows >register and the virus scanning SW setup but found nothing pointed to >"a:\" and causing this unwanted access. > >Do you have any idea and suggestion to stop this unhappy access? > >Thank you very much for your response and help!! We have an article on our web site discussing this issue and possible cures for it: Stop random accessing of the floppy drive in Windows95/98 http://nospin.com/pc/pcs05-11.html I hope your solution is on this page. If you do not find it there, but find a different solution, let us know so we can add it to the list. Bob Wright The NOSPIN Group, Inc http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org PCSOFT only works if you contribute. Send your messages to be posted to: [log in to unmask]