USB Drives can be disabled via the GPO. Please visit the link given below
that has a .ADM script that can be used to restrict USB Drives:
http://forums.susserver.com/index.php?showtopic=2067
Following is the .ADM script to disable the USB Drive:
CLASS MACHINE
CATEGORY !!categoryname
POLICY !!policyname
KEYNAME "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR"
EXPLAIN !!explaintext
PART !!labeltext DROPDOWNLIST REQUIRED
VALUENAME "Start"
ITEMLIST
NAME !!Disabled VALUE NUMERIC 3 DEFAULT
NAME !!Enabled VALUE NUMERIC 4
END ITEMLIST
END PART
END POLICY
END CATEGORY
[strings]
categoryname="Restrict Drives"
policyname="Disable the USB Drive"
explaintext="Disables the computers USB Drive completely"
labeltext="Disable USB Drive"
Enabled="Enabled"
Disabled="Disabled"
Srikanth N
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