How to block USB devices

[Christian]

I am looking to block usb harddrives and other devices installed to a
computer. I do not want to allow people to us jump drives or external disk
in my office. How can I prevent this using Windows 2000 and WindowsXP

 

[Jon]

On an XP workstation, 'Plug n Play' needs to install a couple of USBSTOR
files in order to load the driver for the device. Just restrict access to
these files - Windows spots the USB pen drive or external USB drive when
it's plugged in but can't load the drivers to use it. Note, if you want to
do this in an AD domain, just push the settings out via a GPO.

JC

 

[John John]

Check Intelliadmin's solution, they have a free tool to disable USB
storage devices. These devices can be disabled by a variety of methods
but the problem is that what works for one Windows version may not for
another version.
http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2007/01/disable-usb-flash-drives.html

John

 

[Petter01]

You can read the following at http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2007/01/disable-usb-flash-drives.html:

"Recently we have been getting bug reports that it no longer works."

There is another free USB blocker "UsbSecure" at http://www.simplescripts.de.

Regards
Hans