LKBEN10832: You want limit the use of USB media.
Symptom
You want to disable the write access of USB media on you Windows XP.
Cause
You want to disable the write access of USB media on you Windows XP.
Solution
Since Windows XP with SP2 adimnistrators have the opportunity to disable the write access on USB media.
The following registry key has to be modified to accomplish this:
Start Regedit and search for the entry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Control\ StorageDevicePolicies". Create the following the key "WriteProtect" in the DWord format.
If you use the value "1" Windows blocks all write attempts to USB media.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 05.10.2020 | Comment: