How To Enable Or Disable USB Pendrive Access
Usually Pendrive access is restricted in Colleges and Offices due to Virus problems. Worms spread across the Computers in Organisations causes trouble to System Administrator so generally the administrator block the USB ports to avoid virus affecting the system. You can disable and enable your system’s USB ports by a simple Registry trick.
To disable or enable USB storage access for users is based on a simple registry entry. By following these simple steps anyone can disable and re-enable the access of USB ports.
Method 1 (Using Registry)
To disable the access to USB port, in windows XP and 2000:
1. Click Start–>Run.
2. Type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate, and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor
4. In the right pane, double-click Start.
5. In the Value data box, type 4, click Hexadecimal (if it is not already selected), and then click Ok.
6. Quit Registry Editor.
To re-enable a disabled port:
1. Click Start–>Run.
2. Type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor
4. In the right pane, double-click Start.
5. In the Value data box, type 3, click Hexadecimal (if it is not already selected), and then click Ok.
6. Quit Registry Editor.
Or
Try this Method 2 (Using Notepad)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR]
“Start”=dword:00000004
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR]
“Start”=dword:00000003
Usually Pendrive access is restricted in Colleges and Offices due to Virus problems. Worms spread across the Computers in Organisations causes trouble to System Administrator so generally the administrator block the USB ports to avoid virus affecting the system. You can disable and enable your system’s USB ports by a simple Registry trick.
To disable or enable USB storage access for users is based on a simple registry entry. By following these simple steps anyone can disable and re-enable the access of USB ports.
Method 1 (Using Registry)
To disable the access to USB port, in windows XP and 2000:
1. Click Start–>Run.
2. Type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate, and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor
4. In the right pane, double-click Start.
5. In the Value data box, type 4, click Hexadecimal (if it is not already selected), and then click Ok.
6. Quit Registry Editor.
To re-enable a disabled port:
1. Click Start–>Run.
2. Type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor
4. In the right pane, double-click Start.
5. In the Value data box, type 3, click Hexadecimal (if it is not already selected), and then click Ok.
6. Quit Registry Editor.
Or
Try this Method 2 (Using Notepad)
- Open notepad
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR]
“Start”=dword:00000004
- Then double click disableUSB.reg file and it will ask do you want to add the information to registry.
- Click yes.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR]
“Start”=dword:00000003
- Then double click enableUSB.reg file and it will ask do you want to add the information to registry.
- Click yes.
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