USB Port lockdown

[Guest]

I am an administrator looking after several PCs that have Windows XP Pro,
connected to a Windows Server 2003 domain.

If a student plugs a mass storage USB device (key, mp3 etc) into a USB port,
it will ask for an administrator password.

Is there any method that can be used to get rid of the need for a password
to be typed in?

Thanks,
Dug

 

[Guest]

You will have to put the users in a group that can access external devices.
In what group are they?

 

[Guest]

They are in the "everyone group"
I should have also mentioned that only this group of PCs have problems; all
others in my area are fine.

Doug

 

[Guest]

Hi Doug,

I have the same problem, when users (which aren't member of the
administrator group) attach a usb storage device, windows prompts for the
administrator password.
It even gets worse, when we (after filling in the password and installing
the device) attach the device to another port, windows again prompts for the
password.
After installing windows xp, we are also having this problem with other
devices.

Did you manage to find a solution?

Frederik.

 

[Guest]

Hi Doug,

I have the same problem. When a user (which isn't a membver of the
administrator group) plugs an usb storage device, windows prompts for the
administrator password.
When we attach (after installing) another device (same brand, same type)
windows again prompts for the password.

Did you find a solution ?

Frederik.

 

[Pavel A.]

This can be caused by several reasons:
a. Tampering with INF files store
b. Tampering with CAT files storage, root certificates or security provider.

Regards,
--PA

 

[Guest]

What do you mean with tampering

a. INF files store

I assume you mean the 'c:\windows\inf' folder, administrators and system
account have full control on these files. I even tried with giving the users
group full control on usbstor.sys and on the inf folder. Without success.

b. Can you be more specific?