Selectively disabling USB devices

From: Pranav Lal (pranav.lal_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/23/05

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    Hi all,

    Is it possible to selectively disable USB devices? For instance, only
    mice and printers should work when connected to a USB port but flash
    drives, other mp3 players etc should not work when connected to the
    same USB ports.

    In operating system terms, we are looking at Windows XP professional
    sp2 and Windows 2000 sp4.

    Pranav

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