Tricks to Disable/Restrict Mass Storage Device (Pen Drive, External Hard Disk, MMC etc.) in Windows

Hi...Today I will give you tricks to Control the uses of USB Mass storage devices in Windows.

Suppose There is some important data in your system and a Friend comes and carry the data in his USB storage device i.e Pen Drive, External Hard disk or MMC. So, to avoid un-authorised hacking of your data using USB Mass storage device, We can Disable/Restrict users from using USB storage devices in our systems.
Now There are two aspects here:
1. If the USB storage device is already installed/used in system
2. If the USB Storage device is not installed in system

IF THE USB STORAGE DEVICE IS ALREADY USED IN SYSTEM

1. Go to Start button and select 'Run'. Write 'regedit' in the box and press 'Enter' key.
2. Now go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR
3. Now in Right Side Pane, locate 'Start' DWORD and Doble click on it and in the 'Value data' field, change the value to 4.

IF THE USB STORAGE DEVICE IS NOT INSTALLED IN SYSTEM

1. Use the USB Storage devices once in your system and perform the same operation mentioned above.

That's it...Now No USB device will be Detected and it will not be shown in 'My Computer'.

Note:- Users will not be able to use the USB storage devices without making the above changes in the registry, Which can be performed by Administrator only.

To Enable the uses of USB Mass Storge device again, follow the above mentioned procedure and Change the 'Start' DWORD value to 3 again.

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