Random Floppy reads win2000 server dell poweredge 800

[softekfl]

We have a multitude (aprox 200) of Dell poweredge 800 servers with windows 2000 terminal server installed, and recently most of them started to randomly read the floppy drives.
We tried stopping the norton service
removing the 3 1/2 floppy entry out of the most recent and send folders
edited gpedit.msc to remove the recent a: drive entry on exit

We need to keep the floppies enabled for certain users, so disabling floppy is not an option.

Any suggestions would be appreciated

[macko72]

If you have a Windows PC, you will sometimes get into a situation where the computer randomly access the floppy disk drive every few minutes -- for no apparent reason! Typically, the harmless annoyance occurs because some program "thinks" it needs to read or write some data to a diskette.

In most cases, there may be a document in your recent history folder (Start >> Documents) that was once on a diskette. Here are the steps to clear the document history file Windows uses:

Click Start
Click Settings
Click Taskbar
In the Documents area, click Clear
Click OK
Other causes of the problem:
Microsoft Office's Find Fast utility may be running and trying to index your FDD. Remove it from the Startup group, or in Control Panel, look for Find Fast and disable it from starting. Find Fast installs automatically with Office and can be a resource hog as well!
The System Agent may be running a task; if present, click the System Agent icon in your System Tray for further information.
A virus scanner program may be trying to check the drive. Check the setup of your virus scanning software for further information. A diskette scan at startup or shut down may be normal, but a scan between these times is typically a user-controlled option.

And here are some more symptoms and resolutions: http://www.createwindow.com/wininfo/floppybug.htm