How to disable writing to USB devices in Windows Vista
To disable writing to USB devices, follow these simple steps:
- Press Windows key + R (This brings up the Run dialog box)
- Type regedit and press Enter (The open up Registry Editor)
- Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
- Right-click on Control and goto New -> Key [See pic below]
- Type StorageDevicePolicies as the name for the new Key
- Right-click the newly created StorageDevicePolicies and goto New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value[See pic below]
- Type WriteProtect as the name for the new DWORD value.
- Double-click WriteProtect and set its value to 1 [See pic below]
- You can now close Registry Editor.
From now onward, every time someone tries to write data to a USB drive will be presented with a write-protect message!
NOTE: This works for Windows XP as well.
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