Blocking rewriteable drives across entire network
Network security, Network Security Management, Network Security Policies, USB port security, USB security, Windows XP
How can I block CDRW/DVDRW and USB drives from being used in our Windows XP machines across the entire network?
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June 2, 2011 7:37 PM
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October 14, 2011 8:09 AM
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Joining them in a domain and applying Active Directory group policies.
<a href="http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-block-usb-drives-for-the-users-in-windows-2003/">Here</a> is a similar question.
Regards
Hi,
By just simply changing registery value for USBSTORE :(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesUSBSTOR)
Change the start value to maximum that is 4 .
you can do it by Group policy if all machines are in domain or by manually runing some script.
Regards,
Sachin s.
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