come on you know you hate
if i wanted this option i would have stayied with max
hoping this is right part of forum

had afew private messages about this so here is the fix

1) right first find the "maya 8" folder under "my docs"

2) open the folder "prefs" then open the file userPrefs.mel with word pad.

3) find the lines

-iv "createNurbsPrimitiveAsTool" 1
-iv "createPolyPrimitiveAsTool" 1

and change the 1 at the end to a 0

save file restart maya

no more clicking and dragging the primatives.
hope that helps.