Comments on: How to disable USB Drives http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2182 Martin Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:53:41 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2182 Ah, mine is the Pro Edition. Ah, mine is the Pro Edition.

]]> By: John http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2180 John Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:52:13 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2180 Martin, HE = Home Edition as opposed to the Professional edition. Was yours the home or pro version? Martin, HE = Home Edition as opposed to the Professional edition. Was yours the home or pro version?

]]> By: Ken Westin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2145 Ken Westin Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:49:15 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2145 If you manage a corporate network, full no disabling USB ports might pose a problem. Windows by default has minimal controls of USB ports (or firewire or bluetooth) for that matter. Sometimes you need to grant certain users read access to certain devices. There are software products like DeviceWall that allow you provide granular access controls allowing the admin to decide which devices users can connect to and if they have read/write access to those systems. This can help secure your endpoints, but also allow certain users to use those devices that they need to do legitmate work and even encrypt the data that is written to USB flash drives by default. If you manage a corporate network, full no disabling USB ports might pose a problem. Windows by default has minimal controls of USB ports (or firewire or bluetooth) for that matter. Sometimes you need to grant certain users read access to certain devices. There are software products like DeviceWall that allow you provide granular access controls allowing the admin to decide which devices users can connect to and if they have read/write access to those systems. This can help secure your endpoints, but also allow certain users to use those devices that they need to do legitmate work and even encrypt the data that is written to USB flash drives by default.

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2138 Martin Sat, 29 Apr 2006 06:21:03 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2138 why don´t you say we have a program intelliadmin ;) why don´t you say we have a program intelliadmin ;)

]]> By: IntelliAdmin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2120 IntelliAdmin Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:51:30 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2120 Just go to http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/04/disable-usb-drives.html And they have a program that will do it for you Just go to

http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/04/disable-usb-drives.html

And they have a program that will do it for you

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2098 Martin Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:57:01 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2098 John, what does HE mean ? My Windows XP version has this key and I was able to edit it accordingly. John, what does HE mean ?

My Windows XP version has this key and I was able to edit it accordingly.

]]> By: John http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2090 John Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:59:35 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/28/how-to-disable-usb-drives/#comment-2090 I use Win XP HE and there is no UsbStor in the registry located where you indicated. I use Win XP HE and there is no UsbStor in the registry located where you indicated.

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