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Block USB in Windows XP SP2

Posted: August 20, 2009 in System Modifications, Tricks, Windows XP
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Systems by default will allow USB storage devices to connect without problems. This allows an easy pathway for a user to download or upload large files from the system. In some environments, this is helpful; other times it can be a security nightmare.

Here’s the registry key to turn it off.

(If you don’t know registry, don’t mess with this stuff.)

If you don’t have this key, you might need to create it.

    Location:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\
    CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

    Setting name:
    WriteProtect

    Dword values:
    0 (is the default and allows USB devices to connect)
    1 (prevents USB devices from connecting)

How to Hide the Partitions

Posted: August 19, 2009 in System Basics, System Information, System Modifications
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This trick is for all those people who wants to hide tons of data into their box. So here it is, if you have very important data in your hard drive placed in some partition which you do not want anybody to see then this trick is only for you!!!

1. Just click on start>run type gpedit.msc

2. Now navigate through user configuration> administrative templates > windows components> windows explorer

3. Double click on “Hide these specified drives in My Computer” modify it accordingly.

4. Then just below you will find another option “Prevent access to drives from My Computer”, double click on this option and modify it accordingly.

5. To make it visible again select “disable” by double clicking on the “Hide these specified drives in My Computer” option.

WARNING:Don’t try to experiment with other options in gpedit.msc if you don’t know, what exactly your doing. Please dont take any risk in changing anything else in gpedit.msc unless you are familiar with it.

***anyways if you having any problem to apply this trick, comment me.

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