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Lock out USB Drives?

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Anyone know if there's a way to prevent users from being able to use usb drives (flash drives, hard drives, etc.) but yet still be able to use other devices via usb? Thanks for any help you can provide!

Name: tonysathre
Date: May 31, 2006 at 19:45:54 Pacific

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This looks promising.

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Thank you! I will have a look.

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Change reg key MyComputer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Control\StorageDevicePolicies WriteProtect value to 1 Permits reading USB devices but prevents writing to them. (Setting value to 0 opens port for writing.) ============================== No implicit or explicit warranty; use at own risk; no liability accepted. Always backup registry before modifications.

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Thanks, I appreciate it!

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