| http://www.lifehacker.com/soft...drives-for-security-170329.php | Date: 4/28/2006 2:30 PM |
Web site IntelliAdmin has a simple how to for disabling your USB drives to keep people from copying data off your system.
Keep in mind that this little software hack only disables USB drives - your USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, etc., will still work just fine. If you work in an environment where you might be concerned with the ease with which someone could walk up to your computer, pop in a USB thumb drive, and walk away with your precious data, this is a simple method that should help prevent that from happening.
Disabling USB drives requires one simple change to your registry. If you're not comfortable editing your registry directly, IntelliAdmin also has written a small program that'll take care of the registry edit with a simple interface.
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