Difference between revisions of "Disable USB Storage in Windows 7"

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*Change "Start" to hexadecimal "4".
 
*Change "Start" to hexadecimal "4".
 
*The change will happen immediately and the user will not notice anything. If any USB storage devices are already mounted they will stay mounted. If they are unmounted and re-attached the system will not mount the drives.
 
*The change will happen immediately and the user will not notice anything. If any USB storage devices are already mounted they will stay mounted. If they are unmounted and re-attached the system will not mount the drives.
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==GPO==
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<ref>https://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-disable-usb-drive-use-in-an-active-directory-domain/</ref>

Latest revision as of 10:17, 1 March 2017

  • Edit the following registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor
  • Change "Start" to hexadecimal "4".
  • The change will happen immediately and the user will not notice anything. If any USB storage devices are already mounted they will stay mounted. If they are unmounted and re-attached the system will not mount the drives.

GPO

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