Article:		Disabling USB Storage With Group Policy
Subject:		This does not work
Date:		2006-08-01 03:01:23
From:		Rachelb
Added this template on my Win2K server; Enabled 'Disable USB drives'. Still, my XP clients detect USB flsh drives. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

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• This does not work
  2006-08-01 03:16:23  Serpico [Reply | View]
  
  
  This will only work for New USB flash devices that are plugged into the machine. To fully disable the USB Storage driver, you'll need to do the following:
  
  Open Registry Editor.
  
  In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:
  
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR
  
  Locate the following value (DWORD):
  
  Start
  
  and give it a value of 4.
  
  Close Registry Editor. You do not need to reboot the computer for changes to apply.
  
  To re-enable the setting, go to the Reg Key above and give the Start Dword a value of 3