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.
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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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Do we need to restart the system after these steps…??
Dear sir,
very very thanks for your kind help ….its realy worked ..
Hey even after that changing of value, we need to change the permissions of the USBSTOR.
For this, u need to go to Run->inf..
then select usbstor nd usbstor.(smthing)simultaneously n right click then properties then permissions and full control.
this is too useful to making deny of service for an unauthorized user………………..
i’m trying to enable the usb port but there’s an error message.
Error editing value:
Cannot edit start: error writing the value’s new contents.
We modified the registry via Group Policy. However, when we stick a thumbdrive in it changes ’4′ back to ’3.’ If I run gpupdate, the key changes back to ’4.’ And the cycle repeats. Any ideas on why this is happening?
Hi All,
Although I have admin rights but when I tried to copy/cut data from pen drive (or any USB data storage), I am getting permission denied message “You will need to provide administrator access to copy file”.
I am using Windows 7.
Remove your network cable & than try.
save the data on our system & proceed.Windows copy must be genuine.
I protected USB device with USB Guard then I deleted the software ……now I can’t see access the Drive letter ,how to repair manually
Locked the USB ports in windows
I did it but if i use different device then automatically the value changes.
So what can i do?
Use this tool to do the same locking and unlocking of USB very easily with high security..
http://www.blognotes.in/how-to-hide-lock-and-unlock-usb-port-in-windows-7-and-xp/
no use error “OfficeScan detected unauthorized access to devices connected to your computer”. through Trend Micro anti virus.
solve this problem
giv rply
Yes. Its not a big issue. The tool just going to access your registry. If you are concerned about your anti virus message, do the steps manually.
theirs no changes alot..
i’m trying to enable the usb port but there’s an error message.
Error editing value:
Cannot edit start: error writing the value’s new contents.
same here…can any one help us?