Enabling or disabling mass storage devices

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Author: Rajesh Siva Pavan Kumar_f5166a97 (Rajesh Siva Pavan Kumar Godavarthi) View Profile | View other solutions by this author

Disable or Enable pen drives and mass storage devices on usb ports

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR proceed further.

To disable access

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR]
“Start”=dword:00000004

To enable access

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR]
“Start”=dword:00000003

Windows XP ,Windows 2008 Server, Windows 2003 Server