I've noticed recently that my pc in the office is experiencing a lot of viruses, I found out that some of my co-workers are inserting their USBs on my pc which might be the culprit. I want to restrict the USB peripheral drive from other users. What are the steps to make?
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You Don't Need To Worry, its so simple to disable the USB !
Go to My Computer Properties >> Hardware >>Device Manager (For XP Operating System)
Go to My Computer Properties >> Device Manager(Windows 7)
After going to The Device Manager Check the Last Option ... Named "Universal Serial Bus Controller"
Right Click on (Universal Root Hub) And Disable it !
Hi Stanizford,
To restrict other users from inserting USB Disk in your computer you need to disable your USB Ports.
These are the steps:
1. Go to start click Run for keyboard shortcut keys “ press “ windows + R”
2. Type “regedit” press OK.
3. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor
4. Click on UsbStor and a list of attributes will be displayed on the right panel
5. In the details pane, double-click Start.
6. In the Edit DWORD Value box, type 4, click Hexadecimal (if it is not already selected), and then click OK.
7. Exit Registry Editor.
Now you have successfully disable USB Port in your computer.
To Enable usage of USB Port just repeat the above instructions, for step #6 in type 3 in the Edit DWORD Value box.
then, click OK.