Dear Friends, Does anyone have a good idea how to disable the A:\ drive temporarily, to prevent students using diskettes? If I disable the drive in the Bios, My Computer tries to find it and is unhappy. I can disable it in Device Manager, but anyone can activate it. Can I password protect the Device Manager? I don't want to open the case each time and disconnect it. ideas? many TIA, Michael Beechey, a Canuck in Sucre, Bolivia ----------------------------------------------------------------- "The Earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens" Baha'u'llah ----------------------------------------------------------------- Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html