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re: Question about 'Stop Windows (XP Explorer) from (Randomly) Searching the Floppy Drive'
Monday, December 15, 2003 at 4:38 pm
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Posted by triplate (20096 messages posted)


Delete any shortcuts that reference"Save To" floppy drive...see if that helps...


On Monday, December 15, 2003 at 4:12 pm, Linus wrote:
>I've been recently encountering a problem with Windows XP searching the Floppy Drive, 
>too. But it's not that randomly as some of you might have experienced.
>
>It only happens when I open "My Computer" on the Desktop or in the Explorer. Before 
>I am shown the content of "My Computer" (that is to say my computer's drives) it 
>takes the floppy drive between 1 and 2 seconds to make its terrible noise while 
checking 
>that there is no disk inserted.
>
>Because I did a lot of software installing over the weekend I cannot tell when it 
>actually occurred, but I suspect the installation of "CompuSec 4.16 SP2" (a system 
>security and encryption tool by CE-Infosys IT) of having caused this trouble.
>
>Does anyone know, what to do? Otherwise my last chance would be to permanently disable 
>my floppy in the device manager...
>
>Thanks and kind regards
>Linus



Written in response to:
Question about 'Stop Windows (XP Explorer) from (Randomly) Searching the Floppy Drive' (Linus: Monday, December 15, 2003 at 4:12 pm)

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*re: Question about 'Stop Windows (XP Explorer) from (Randomly) Searching the Floppy Drive' (Linus: Monday, December 15, 2003 at 5:29 pm)

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-Question about 'Stop Windows (XP Explorer) from (Randomly) Searching the Floppy Drive' (Linus: Mon, Dec 15, 2003, 4:12 pm)
-re: Question about 'Stop Windows (XP Explorer) from (Randomly) Searching the Floppy Drive' (triplate: Mon, Dec 15, 2003, 4:38 pm)
*re: Question about 'Stop Windows (XP Explorer) from (Randomly) Searching the Floppy Drive' (Linus: Mon, Dec 15, 2003, 5:29 pm)
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