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<blockquote data-quote="suresh KARUNANAYAKE" data-source="post: 10905147" data-attributes="member: 151532"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="font-size: 15px">Recently one of my friend asked me how a USB drive can be disabled on a particular computer. So it‟s a pretty much Registry Tweak.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">1. Click Start, and then click Run. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">2. Type regedit, and then click OK. (Or simply open registry) </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">3. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">4. In the right pane, double-click Start. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">5. In the Value data box, change its value to <span style="color: Red">4</span>, which was<span style="color: Red"> 3</span> and then click OK.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]32633[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">To re-enable a disabled port:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">1. Click Start, and then click Run. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">2. Type regedit, and then click OK. (Or simply open registry) 3. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">4. In the right pane, double-click Start.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">5. In the Value data box, change its value to<span style="color: Red"> 3</span>, which you changed to <span style="color: Red">4</span> to disable the USB drive and then click OK.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">6. Quit Registry Editor.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue">Now whenever a user will attach a USB storage device which is already installed in system, Windows will not detect it and it‟ll not be shown in My Computer. However, disabling USB ports totally also disables the ability for Windows to use USB based keyboard, mouse, webcam, printer, scanner and etc., which are common devices for a computer nowadays and essential ones as well.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="suresh KARUNANAYAKE, post: 10905147, member: 151532"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Blue][SIZE=4]Recently one of my friend asked me how a USB drive can be disabled on a particular computer. So it‟s a pretty much Registry Tweak.[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=Blue]1. Click Start, and then click Run. 2. Type regedit, and then click OK. (Or simply open registry) 3. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor 4. In the right pane, double-click Start. 5. In the Value data box, change its value to [COLOR=Red]4[/COLOR], which was[COLOR=Red] 3[/COLOR] and then click OK.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH]32633._xfImport[/ATTACH] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=Blue]To re-enable a disabled port: 1. Click Start, and then click Run. 2. Type regedit, and then click OK. (Or simply open registry) 3. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor 4. In the right pane, double-click Start. 5. In the Value data box, change its value to[COLOR=Red] 3[/COLOR], which you changed to [COLOR=Red]4[/COLOR] to disable the USB drive and then click OK. 6. Quit Registry Editor.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=Blue]Now whenever a user will attach a USB storage device which is already installed in system, Windows will not detect it and it‟ll not be shown in My Computer. However, disabling USB ports totally also disables the ability for Windows to use USB based keyboard, mouse, webcam, printer, scanner and etc., which are common devices for a computer nowadays and essential ones as well.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=Blue] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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