[G4] DISABLE DASHBOARD & question & the CD tray/eject button

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings ( + )!( + )

On Nov 15, 2005, at 8:22 AM, Laura Robinette wrote:

> This is something I've also been trying to figure out how to do since  
> I work at a middle school. Thanks for asking, Frank & thanks for the  
> answer, Tony. :)
>
> I have a related question that hopefully somebody can give me an easy  
> answer to. Since I work at a school, on the same computers that I have  
> the issue w/ dashboard, I also have been trying to figure out how to  
> keep the students from opening the CD tray w/ the eject button on the  
> keyboard. Is there a way to disable that function? I have eMacs  
> running Tiger w/ logins using Simple Finder.
>
> TIA
> Laura
>
>  On Nov 15, 2005, at 10:11 AM, Tony Gamble wrote:
>
>> Here's an actual widget that will kill Dashboard:  
>> http://www.natal.be/index.php/2005/10/stopdashboard-widget/
>>
>> But then it starts right back up again when you hit F12, so in your  
>> case, you'll probably want a more solid solution, and that involves  
>> the terminal:
>>
>> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2005/08/disabledashboard/ 
>> index.php
>>
>> - Tony
>>
>> On 15-Nov-05, at 10:03 AM, Frank Sudore wrote:
>>>
>>> I am the it manager at a company that is 100% Mac. (Like the Maytag  
>>> repair man).
>>> We are about to make the jump to Tiger and  need to limit access to  
>>> certain users. Is there anyway to disable dashboard?
>>> Any help is most appreciated.
>>> frank
>>> _______________________________________________


I haven't installed Tiger, but I would think that if you are installing  
from the Tiger DVD that you can do a custom install and elect not to  
install dashboard.

Just a thought.

Best Regards, /\*_*/\

Harry (*^_^*)
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