Scarecrow Man Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 This is a good idea for public computers, where you want to give internet access, but disallow them browsing your local drive and causing errors.Open a new text document and paste the following into it.Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoRun"=dword:1save it as "disable local drives.reg" or whatever you wish to call it, just remember to save it as .reg not .txtTo re-enable them, do the same as above with the followingWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoRun"=dword:0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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