G Greenman Nov 14, 2003 #1 Hi, Is it possible to Disable PC's USB Ports using a GPO (I am running W2K AD)? Many thanks G
A Alan Sterling [MSFT] Nov 14, 2003 #2 Turning the USB ports off and on are done by the Bios. We do not have a policy to do that. What is your goal? Thanks
Turning the USB ports off and on are done by the Bios. We do not have a policy to do that. What is your goal? Thanks
D David Lampron Nov 16, 2003 #3 You can call devcon.exe from the logon script 'GPO' and disable the USB port. !!! Don't forget to activate the usb port with the logoff script. Get devcon.exe & m$ doc at : http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q311/2/72.asp Some examples : http://www.osr.com/ddk/ddtools/devcon_86er.htm Example : LOGON => devcon /r disable USB* LOGOFF => devcon /r enable USB* !!! If the user have admin rights he can go to the device manager applet and rescan/enable the usb device : ( .
You can call devcon.exe from the logon script 'GPO' and disable the USB port. !!! Don't forget to activate the usb port with the logoff script. Get devcon.exe & m$ doc at : http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q311/2/72.asp Some examples : http://www.osr.com/ddk/ddtools/devcon_86er.htm Example : LOGON => devcon /r disable USB* LOGOFF => devcon /r enable USB* !!! If the user have admin rights he can go to the device manager applet and rescan/enable the usb device : ( .
