Disable USB deives via registry

USB drive is the easiest method for copying data from one computer from another . At the same time it is a threat to users who do not want their private data to be stolen . Here is a little registry hack to prevent somone from copying data from your PC using a USB drive .

Go to start menu and type ‘regedit’ without quotes. Click on the regedit.exe to open windows registry .Navigate to “[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies] ” . And create a dword value “WriteProtect”=dword:00000001 .  

To re enable the USB write feature change the value from ’1′ to ’0′ .

Or simple use the below registry files. Download them and just open them in your computer to enable and diable the USB write feature .

DisableUSBWrite

EnableUSBWrite

Note : They are ZIP files UNZIP them before using .