In the past this has been a problem with the default setting of the view in explorer set to details. I don't know if that still applies anymore though. Jeff Pitsch On 1/24/06, Joe Grainger <JAG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thank you for the replies. > > I am aware of the option to be able to disable floppy drive access. This > is a new v4 build, and we have purchased powerfuse to go with citrix & > Terminal Services, so I have a few more easily configurable options > available ;-) > > The organisation I work has started thinking USB v Floppy Drives, so in > the medium to long term, the requirement for floppy disks should become > extinct. > > However, today, and in the short to medium term, there are users who do > still need access to floppy disks, so they will still have the problem. > > To try and make this a little clearer..... > > Some users need floppy disk access > > At some point this user group needs the client drive mapped. > > Powerfuse offers a fast connect option so that the client drive will only > be mapped when the user attempts to connect to the drive. > > Having started testing this, I haven't seen concrete performance results > to proove this is a viable option. e.g. No users get the floppy drive > mapped by default, hence no floppy scans. Users that need access to a > floppy disk will get the client drive mapped when they access the drive, and > from then on they will get the regular "headache inducing" floppy scans when > they use Office 2003 file/open dialogs and browse in Windows Explorer ;-( > > > > > >>> jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx 24/01/2006 16:08:52 >>> > > If users do not need the floppy hide it with a policy. 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