Vista is supposed to have the capability to only allow certain types of USB devices, ie keyboards but not thumb drives. It also goes one further in that you can allow only certain USB thumb drives. IE, the CIO can have his thumb drive, but not the janitor.
Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Steven Hay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 10:05 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: Controlling specific USB devices on Windows XP Just curious, does anyone know if Vista is going to have any intelligence for USB control built in either by registry key or additional GPO? -----Original Message----- From: Ken S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 13, 2006 3:06 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Controlling specific USB devices on Windows XP I am investigating the possibility of locking down Windows computers to only allow specific USB devices to attach. I'm considering the mtrust product from www.m-systems.com, which the marketing materials say can force users to only use their particular USB storage devices (or those that they OEM to others, like Kingston, Verbatim, etc.). Does anyone have experience with this package? If so, what are the pros and cons? Also, are there other solutions are out there that can ensure only specific USB storage devices are allowed on a system? Is there anything specific for biometric USB storage? Any comments on the effectiveness of such software? Thanks, Ken S ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
