Re: removing usb device without administrator rights?
From: SPAMSTOPPER (mb(SPAMSTOPPER)_at_mbednarek.com)
Date: 12/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:49:17 +1000
On 6 Dec 2004 02:36:10 -0800, "Abertech" <abertech@hotmail.com> wrote in
microsoft.public.win2000.general:
>I want users to use USB pen drives but don't want these users to have
>administrator rights over the machine. I'm using Windows 2000/
>Novell.
>
>Plugging in the pen drives is no problem - they are recognised ok and
>the drive appears in Windows Explorer.
>
>The problem is that when trying to open the usb icon in the taskbar
>(the little green arrow icon), as you are supposed to in order to
>safely
>remove the device, windows displays a message saying
>"Restrictions - This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions
>in effect on this computer...". So users are unable to stop the
>device.
>How can I get users to be able to disconect their pen drives properly?
Have you tried the command line program DevEject (1.0 2003 c't/Matthias
Withopf), from <ftp://ftp.heise.de/pub/ct/listings/0316-208.zip>?
Let us know if this works.
-- Michael Bednarek http://mbednarek.com/ "POST NO BILLS"
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