restrict USB pen drive use

[Guest]

I want to restrict users from downloading data to a USB removable drive. But
the problem is I stll need to be able to use USB. There is a article on XP
SP2 that you can make USB read only. I would like to do the same in win2k.

Make devices read-only. XP SP2 allows you to give read access on USB devices
requiring it, while also preventing data from being written, through the
WriteProtect value. You'll need to add the DWORD value and set it to
hexadecimal 1. Add the value to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies key.

Any help would be awsome,
Thanks, Jeff

 

[Marco]

Jeff

that cannot be done on win2k without third-party tools: check out
www.securewave.com

Marco

 

[Guest]

Thanks Marco! I have been researching this for some time and did not find
anything. But I did find this as another option.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q311272
The DevCon utility will disable USB and in most cases that will work for the
situations on our network. But with the new Dell GX280's everhthing is USB ie
keyboad/mouse. maybe it will not be much longer before we can go to XP pro!

Jeff