What you want to do is to create a group policy that will only allow perhaps system or domain admin rights to the following key(s) HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Service\USBhub HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Service\USBuhci make sure you make the entry start to 0 HKML\System\CurrentControlSet\Service\usbstor
I can't test this here - I'm writing to you from NT 4.0 Workstation, this is pure speculation on my part. Hilary 973 254-8140 732 687-2264 (cell) 888-236-8061 (pager) -----Original Message----- From: Crumbaker, Ron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 8:05 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Preventing USB drives Do you just want to Hide them from showing up? There are registry settings you can make to hide drives...would that be an option? Thank you, Ron Crumbaker, MCP -----Original Message----- From: Nigel Bolt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 3:50 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Preventing USB drives The only other solution I've seen offered is to disable the plug and play service but the systems I've tried this on don't seem to like it and I've not got around to trying to find out why. I can't remember where I saw it first but it also says it on; http://www.empiresecurity.com/displayarticle29.html NB > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Gonzaga (306) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 May 2003 22:33 > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: OT: Preventing USB drives > > > Any one know how to prevent users from adding USB drives? XP lets me > add these drives even to restricted users. I'm unable to disable USB > ports in the BIOS because the users use USB mice. TIA. > > ------ ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&text_mode=&la ng=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&text_mode=&la ng=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
