Check or Attack Name: Allocate Floppy

The floppy drive is available to all users. For best security practice, the floppy drive should only be available to the user who is logged on at the console.

Edit the registry so that the floppy drive is available only to the currently logged on user. To edit the registry, follow these steps:

1. Open the Registry Editor. From the Windows NT Start menu, select Run, and type regedt32.
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
3. From the Edit menu, select Add Value to display the Add Value dialog box.
4. Create a value named AllocateFloppies with type REG_SZ.
5. Click OK to display the String Editor.
6. In the String field, type a value of 1 and click OK.
7. Reboot your computer for this setting to take effect.