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by low_yu

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My company would like to control on the external storage usage. May I know it is any OS native command allow me to disable the USB port without effecting the mouse and keyboard?

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by thumbsup2

... it depends on what OS is being used.

We would need to know the specifics of the server OS as well as the client OS's.

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by low_yu

The server OS is Windows 2K & Windows 2K3 server edition. Client OS is Windows XP

by low_yu

I changed the registry value from 3 to 4. However, not all USB ports were disable.
Furthermore, the registry value change back to 3 automatically when I plug in the thumb drive into those un-disable USB port.
Any idea why?

by shhite

If you dont want to do a group policiy there is a registry key that will disable right capabilities to USB ports.

Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Control\StorageDevicePolicies

Double click on the string 'WriteProtect' and change the value data box to 0.

This will enable the use of all usb ports but will not allow capabilities.

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