Prevent Data Theft via USB drives

Many times other takes your data from your computer without your permission via USB drives.This is a security threat. If you want that no one can copy your data without your permission,You can do so by editing registry values. To prevent access of usb drives at lest you need windows xp service pack 2.To start registry editor you need to log in through a user account that have administrator rights.

1.Open the start menu and click on run

2.In the text box type 'regedit' and press Enter. Registry Editor will Open.

3. open 'HEKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies' Key

4.If it does not exist , create it with ' Edit|New | Key' and rename it 'StorageDevicePolicies' and select it.

5.Now create a registry value by Right clicking on right side of window and select 'New| DWORD' and rename it with ' WriteProtect'

6.Now right click on it and select 'Modify' and set the value 1

now close the registry editor and restart the computer.

Now ,Your data is protected. NO one can copy you data by USB DRIVES.

When you wants allow the pen drive, change the value 0 from 1 nd restart computer.

Pen-drives will allow to copy data.

Have a FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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