CompuServe Messages

Mike: >> A *VERY* good practice is to disable floppy drive boot within the CMOS setup of your computers. << I can understand the value in doing this for some machines and for some people but I have a desire to keep the machines booted into NT only unless I personally wish to boot to them to DOS. In a large company you wouldn't believe what trouble people will get into if you make it easy for them. I'd rather keep them away from DOS. For the remaining months before MAX I desire to have the NT workstations boot into NT unless I am putting them into 3DS R4 slave mode. >> When those few occasions occur that require a floppy-drive boot, you can always re-enable floppy drive boot. << Those occasions are nightly and running around the office with a floppy in hand is enough of a time consumer. Screwing with the CMOS on every machine would just extend the time required to get them booted. – Bob Ritger