If you've been wondering if there's a simple way to disable a USB port, you're in luck. It's not too complex, and of course it's always nice to achieve a small victory over Windows XP. It's a good enough OS, but completing small tasks like these can be slightly more difficult.
On my new job at COMTECH, aside from teaching they put me on the computer laboratory as their maintenance. Lab is installed with Windows XP Home edition and other software but i will be migrating some computer to Edubuntu sooner or later. For the meantime I've tweak some on the registry of Windows Enable/Disable the USB port just to control student from inserting the memory stick:
On the registry:
Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentContolSet > Services > USBSTOR
Choose the Start Modify the value data 3 to 4 Hexadecimal
3= Enable
4= Disable
On my new job at COMTECH, aside from teaching they put me on the computer laboratory as their maintenance. Lab is installed with Windows XP Home edition and other software but i will be migrating some computer to Edubuntu sooner or later. For the meantime I've tweak some on the registry of Windows Enable/Disable the USB port just to control student from inserting the memory stick:
On the registry:
Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentContolSet > Services > USBSTOR
Choose the Start Modify the value data 3 to 4 Hexadecimal
3= Enable
4= Disable
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