Its really very easy to enable and disable a USB port of your Laptop and desktop computer.Many companies disabled their employee’s laptop to prevent data threat. But here is the way to enable your usb ports, access it and disable it back.
Free Download : USB Lock/Unlock USB Ports in 1-Click
Unlocking USB Ports is 3 step process. You have to edit your registry to Lock/Unlock your USB Ports.
Step1: In Windows 7 press Windows key+R and type as “regedit
Step 2: It will open the Registry Editor of your Windows 7
Step 3: After opening Registry edit browse the following path in reght side bar of registry editor
The Path to go: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR”
Step4: Then right click the registry “Start” which is rectangled in red color in the below screenshot of registry editor
Step:5 Right Click “Start” and Click modify
- To enable USB ports: change the value from “4″ to “3″
- To disable USB ports: change the Value for “3″ to “4″
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After we disabled the USB port, can the mouse (which attached through the USB port) operates?
yes. it will work.. it just disables the visibility of the usb devices…
thanks brother it worked…
keep posting.
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hi!! Thanks a tonne…this really worked!
My machine shows 3 for the services – USBSTOR – start, but still it does not detect storage devices. Any Idea what should be done?
& also checked whether that its enabled in device manager..
plz reply
Mr. Komal Use this tool to fix ur USB USB Lock/Unlock USB Ports in 1-Click
Please change ur machine.
hey thanks alot dear
i was thinking if u could also tell me a solution to block cd-rom drive the same way usb is blocked
beast regard
Abdul wahid
yes…you can… check ti out to hide your DVD CD Drive
http://www.blognotes.in/hide-dvd-drive-hd-drive-without-editing-registry/
Does this mean that all the usb ports will be disabled and enabled at a time? What if we want to use the usb mouse but want to block the other usb ports. Is there any way to block each usb separately.
u can use ur USB Mouse.. it only blocks the visibility of the USB drvies that u may use it with Pen drives to copy files…
It only protects pen drive usage…You can use USB Mouse and keyboard..But cant use Pen drives aND card reader
thanks for all
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this is very useful to me thanks and regards lokesh
Dear Sir/Mada,
thanx for helped me for finding the solutions.
Its very easy & powerful mehtod.
with regards
Mahesh kumar
Dear Admin,
Found it very useful, exactly what I was looking for.
Cheers to you.
My machine shows 3 for the services – USBSTOR – start, but still it does not detect storage devices. Any Idea what should be done?
first u check whether its enabled or not in device manager..then u try with ur devices
sir its very nice…..thanx for sahring this
That was nice. Quite in line with what i sought for
thanks……
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This one works only 4 already used Usb drives. But it couldn’t works if u use the new Usb drive which ur going to use first time with ur lapi/pc? Plz giv me another sol 4 this:-).
This is just the sort of info I was looking for! Thanks
Thank you for such a good blog.
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