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

[Tony Gamble]

Laura,
	I've done an extensive search for you, but I've not been able to  
come up with anything.  Lots of remapping apps out there, but none of  
them will disable eject; they only set up alternative keys to perform  
the eject.  I did stumble across a brief note about a piece of  
software that disabled the eject key as part of its function (I  
believe it was a backup app, but I can't find it again), so that  
seems to indicate that it may be possible.  That's all I have, I'm  
afraid. :(

Tony


On 15-Nov-05, at 11:42 AM, Laura Robinette wrote:

> Arrggghhhh.....   :( That's not the answer I wanted. :)
> But I do know that I was able to do this last year on our older  
> eMacs that were running 9.2.2. I disabled the usb device extension  
> to accomplish this. Isn't there any way to do this in the Tiger  
> system?? :)
>
>
>
> Laura
>
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2005, at 11:36 AM, Tony Gamble wrote:
>
>> Hi, Laura...
>> 	Got this from the Apple Developer Connection:
>>
>> ""7) How do I disable the Eject Key?
>>
>> There is currently no supported way to disable the Eject Key. You  
>> can however, prevent any new inserted media from being mounted.  
>> See the section: "How do I prevent new media (e.g. CDs, DVDs,  
>> iPods, USB/Firewire hard drives, etc.) from becoming mounted?" for  
>> more details""
>>
>> 	For reference, it comes from this page: http:// 
>> developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2062.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>> On 15-Nov-05, at 11:22 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
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