Stop users setting up Un-Authorized Devices

[Kenneth Keeley]

Hi,
Is there a way to prevent users from pluging in any devices that are not
Authorized by the administrators. What I wish to do is make it that general
users cannot plug in their own usb devices or mice/keyboards in to computer
and have them work. Windows seems to allow anybody to plug in a device that
in already has the drivers for. (ie. standard USB memory sticks, ps2 mice,
etc) I wish to stop this from being able to happen. If the device has not be
installed by an adminstrator then I do not wish any users to be able to use
that device.

Thanks for any help.
Kenneth

 

[Danny Sanders]

I'm getting ready to roll this out here.

See:
http://www.safend.com/


hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

 

[lforbes]

Is there a way to prevent users from pluging in any devices that are

not Authorized by the administrators. What I wish to do is make it
that general users cannot plug in their own usb devices or
mice/keyboards in to computer and have them work. Windows seems to
allow anybody to plug in a device that in already has the drivers for.
(ie. standard USB memory sticks, ps2 mice, etc) I wish to stop this
from being able to happen. If the device has not be installed by an
adminstrator then I do not wish any users to be able to use that
device.

Hi,

The Keyboards and Mice aren’t something you can control via
software. However, if you are talking about external drives have you
thought about hiding and restricting access to all the drive letters?
Works great for me. If there is no drive letter available then the
drive won’t load.
http://www.sd61.bc.ca/windows2000/HideDrives.htm

Cheers,

Lara

 

[Norbert Fehlauer [MVP]]

Kenneth Keeley wrote:
Hi,

Is there a way to prevent users from pluging in any devices that
are not Authorized by the administrators.

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.group_policy/msg/46d64ee803a988f2?hl=en

HTH
Norbert