Preventing access to Removable media

[Gman]

Hey everyone.

I was curious if there was a way to prevent access to removable
media such as USB pen drives and other similar products. I know you
can prevent the installation of software from that location but is
there a way in Active Directory so that they can prevent using said
device. I could probably do it in the machines bios but that's not
really and option for a few hundred machines.

Thanks in advance,

Grant

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Hey everyone.

I was curious if there was a way to prevent access to removable
media such as USB pen drives and other similar products. I know you
can prevent the installation of software from that location but is
there a way in Active Directory so that they can prevent using said
device. I could probably do it in the machines bios but that's not
really and option for a few hundred machines.

Thanks in advance,

Grant

In Windows XP you can.
See tip 7093 » How do I prevent the use of USB Storage Devices in Windows XP?
in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com


Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
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