Administrator has prohibited access to....

I am no computer rookie, but this one has me stumped.

Now I am getting two error messages:

"Administrator has prohibited access to CD/DVD Rom Drives" and
"Administrator has prohibited access to USB/1394 mass storage devices."

Now, neither my Philips DROM 6216 nor my TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552D are
accessible in My Computer. In Device Manager, both say they are working.

Also, my external Iomega USB hard drive backup is not accessble.

I have tried EVERYTHING. Install/uninstall, you name it. Nothing works.

I suspect a registry hack would do it, but I don't know what it would be.

HELP!

Thanks,

Jim at

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 10:37:21 -0700, James Gordon Patterson wrote:

I am no computer rookie, but this one has me stumped.

Now I am getting two error messages:

"Administrator has prohibited access to CD/DVD Rom Drives" and
"Administrator has prohibited access to USB/1394 mass storage devices."

Now, neither my Philips DROM 6216 nor my TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552D are
accessible in My Computer. In Device Manager, both say they are working.

Also, my external Iomega USB hard drive backup is not accessble.

I have tried EVERYTHING. Install/uninstall, you name it. Nothing works.

I suspect a registry hack would do it, but I don't know what it would be.

HELP!

Thanks,

Jim at

Try secpol.msc

I believe it has a policy that enables/disables access to removable media.
Many businesses disable access to these devices so that unauthorized
transfers of company files cannot be performed. No idea how/why it would
get disabled on your system but it's certainly something that would block
access to the devices you've listed.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User