RE: Restrict Access to USB Drives

From: Jeff Qiu (jefffqiu@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/16/03 

From: jefffqiu@online.microsoft.com (Jeff Qiu)
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 07:31:37 GMT

Hi Simon,

You may try to use the TweakUI for Windows XP to lock all the rest of the
driver letters.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

You may also try to rename/delete the usbstor.inf from C:\Windows\Inf\
folder to corrupt the installation of the USB storage device.

Regards,

Jeff Qiu
jefffqiu@online.microsoft.com
Online Support Professional
Microsoft Corporation

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>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>From: "Simon" <simon_ponsford@hotmail.com>
>Sender: "Simon" <simon_ponsford@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Restrict Access to USB Drives
>Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 05:04:45 -0700
>microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
>
>Is there a way to restrict access to a USB flash disk? I
>don't want to disable the USB ports in the BIOS as that
>would mean users couldn't use scanners and usb cameras,
>but I want to stop them being able to take files home by
>copying them to a USB flash drive. Group policy allows
>you to lock down Drives A,B, C & D, but Flash drives
>usually appear as E or F. I don't want to restrict access
>to all drives as this would mean users can't get to their
>home folders on the server. I have tried changing the
>Allocatedasd value in the registry, but the drive is not
>classed by the OS as removable storage so this has no
>effect. I have also tried changing the noviewondrive
>regsitry value, but the drive still keeps appearing. How
>can I prevent access to these USB drives?
>

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