Preventing people from booting off CDs etc.

Is there any way to prevent someone who has physical access to an Intel iMac from booting from an external firewire drive or a CD (by pressing "T" or "C" during boot-up)?
regards,
Peter

Although I admit that this is certainly one of the more confusing KB articles, I don't think it meant to imply that you would be SOL if the OS got hosed. It would have been nice if they wrote a separate article for the Intel Macs.
For the Intel Macs there is software to change the password that is accessed from the installer DVD.

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Using Snow Leopard forum is probably your best bet.
I don't care if someone has 20+ yrs, I still like having a good troubleshooting book/manual handy.
Mac: can't get by without bootable backups, even if you use TimeMachine, clone your system. Save you all this fuss and work.
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http://www.bing.com/search?q=AppleiMac+firmwareupdate
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rocknice wrote: gosh Moo-Crumpus.
What do you blame me for? I payed deference to phrakture for not giving up. Unlike him, I am tired of asking again and again if one has read this or that. He is constantly helpful, isn't he, while I tend to be snubbed.
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