Re: USB Qusetion

[David Bergert <infosecblurb () gmail com>]

o disable USB drives, the following registry setting should be set to a 
value of "4":

/HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor\start=4/

According to Microsoft Knowledge Base #823732 
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823732>, systems that have this setting 
in place will have their USB drives completely disabled. Please note 
that this registry setting only applies to USB storage devices that are 
being installed and have no effect on devices already attached to a server.

blufuzion () mail com wrote:
> Hello, I am new to the list.I am a new network admin and my boss wants me to disable usb drives from reading USB/thumb 
> drives but still be able to use the mouse and keyboards. I was thinking of disabling them in the BIOS. Can you give me 
> any suggestions?
>
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