Blocking USB in Windows XP.........Satish Malanch

In  this article i am going to explain How you can block USB storage in Windows XP  ,Service Pack2 ,
I have tested this trick successfully on Windows XP with service Pack-2 , Service Pack 3 and Windows 2003 server standered Edtion.


Log in with administrator rights and Open registry editor ( click on Start -Run and type regedit)
now navigate for follwing key :

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR

Now in righ hand pane double click on Start

change it value to 4 to block USB storage and 3 to open Usb storage

Now close registry editor and reboot.

Regards:

     Satish Malanch