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HOW TO DISABLE FLASH DRIVES ON WINDOWS7?

Started by geekeruss , May 05 2010 10:15 PM

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Posted 05 May 2010 - 10:15 PM

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I want to disable the use of flash/usb disk(without disabling other usb devices) on my laptop with windows 7 OS. what's the easiest thing to do? i would also like to know how to enable it again..thanks! :)
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Posted 06 May 2010 - 03:47 AM

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The "Start" value in "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor":
  • When set to "4", USB storage devices are disabled
  • When set to "3", USB storage devices are enabled

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