You can restrcict access to drives, hide drives and hide the hardware tab by creating a local policy on your Grandfather's install of Win XP. Here are the steps.

1. Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK.
2. Click Action, and then click Add/Remove Snap-ins.
3. Click Add, click Group Policy, click Add, click Group Policy or Local Policy, and then click Finish.
4. Click Close, and then click OK.

Go to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer

There are three options that will interest you. There is a hide specified drives in my computer, prevent access to drives from my computer and remove hardware tab.

You can hide the drive and prevent access to it. Or disable it in the device manager and then hide the hardware tab.

There are very good explanations for these settings in the MMC which is quite unusual for Microsoft. I hope this helps.

You can restrcict access to drives, hide drives and hide the hardware tab by creating a local policy on your Grandfather's install of Win XP. Here are the steps.

1. Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK.
2. Click Action, and then click Add/Remove Snap-ins.
3. Click Add, click Group Policy, click Add, click Group Policy or Local Policy, and then click Finish.
4. Click Close, and then click OK.

Go to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer

There are three options that will interest you. There is a hide specified drives in my computer, prevent access to drives from my computer and remove hardware tab.

You can hide the drive and prevent access to it. Or disable it in the device manager and then hide the hardware tab.

There are very good explanations for these settings in the MMC which is quite unusual for Microsoft. I hope this helps.