USB Port Lock Using Without Software

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This post will help you Turn off USB ports on your computer by a fairly simple trick. There are circumstances where you might wish to use some USB devices on your computer, but want to disable usage of USB storage devices such as USB Hard disk drives or USB Pen Drives. This tip will let you to continue using your USB based Peripheral Devices such as Printers, scanners or even Keyboard and mouse, but will only disable Storage devices. At the end of this post, we will discuss a few options that will let you disable complete USB access as well.

1. Now Go to Run :

2. Now Type -> Regedit
    Then -> ok

3. You might have to press Yes
     Now,
4. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
5. Expand SYSTEM
6. Expand CurrentControlSet 
7. Expand services
 

    Now,
8. Locate USBSTOR
    In the right pane, Double click on Start
    Change the Value to 4





    Press OK
9. Restart your Computer
    Again follow all the steps to re-check if the value has been changed to 4 or not, if not, Change it again.
    Restart your computer
    Now, none of the Mass storage devices you plug into your Computer won’t work.

If, you wish to re-enable USB access, you can simply change the value back to 3

Disabling Other USB types
Refer the screenshot below
 You can disable :
  • USB Infrared Devices
  • USB Hub
  • USB Video Devices
  • USB Printing Devices

Do the same thing before using the USBSTOR. In all the USB like hub, print, etc..,

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