Today I got major problem at my workplace. The main server got badly affected by virus that no one is able to work on it. When the HO people came to know about it, they just gave ultimatum to strictly stop use of pen drives.
But, how to monitor 40 systems kept on 4 storey building that no one is using pen drives on client machines?
If I disable the USB drives from “Device Manager”, it will also disable my other USB peripherals like keyboard, mouse, printer, scanner etc…
Anyways, like always… “Google Jindabaad!! (Long Live Google)” I found a very nice but a risky way of disabling Pen Drives in the systems.
Nice, because it disabled only pen drives not my keyboard mouse etc.
Risky, because it was done by playing through registry entries.
Go to Registry Editor:
Start àRun à Type “regedit”. Don’t forget to remove quotes.
Then, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEàSYSTEMàCurrentControlSetàservicesàUSBSTOR
Then, from the right window, go to “Start”, double click on it and change the value from “3” to “4”.
Click OK. Close registry editor.
That’s it guys!!! No more pen drives will be entertained by your system.
To make it work back, repeat the same process, change the value from “4” to “3” again.
Please note (for newbies): Playing with registry entries can be a dangerous thing for your OS. So, do it carefully and at your own risk… All the best!
Akshit
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