John McKown wrote: >I know it won't happen, but the "desktop" people could basically just "snip >the wires" to the USB ports. Assuming that BYOD is forbidden at the >installation. Of course, this means work for the desktop people. And that the >PC likely can't be sold because it is damaged.
No sidecutter needed. :-) You can use BIOS to disable the USB. Of course you need to protect the BIOS itself (with password for example) and motherboard (lock and key, lock-up box in somewhere) itself to prevent more tampering. You can ask BIOS, if available, that no boot is possible from an USB device. >It might be possible for MS to "enhance" Windows to have a registry entry to >disallow USB to autoconnect a device. Perhaps this could be set to "YES", "NO" >or "ASK". It is possible. For all my PCs/Laptops, I turn it off because I hate 'pop-ups' asking me what to do. The same goes for DVD/CD/stiffies/etc. If I want something to run, I will ask, not waiting for lame pop-ups to act up. ;-) Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
