This is the most important trick for those who left their computer open for a while and otherpeople get access to the computer and with the help of USB they steal data without prior knowledge. This trick is very common question among the Windows PC users for those who are very sensitive with their computer data, if you want to secure your computer without your presence that no can steal your data then follow the 4 ways so that you can block or disable all USB ports in your system but, later on, you can again enable it for your use.
Method#1 Disable or Enable USB Drivers and Mass Storage Drivers Using Registry
I would prefer this method for everyone because it helps users to do the process of enablingand disabling the USB ports in fast effective way irrespective of other methods, if the administrator is quite smart the register setting will save more time.
Follow Step By Step
1. Go To Desktop From Desktop Press “Win Button + R”.
2. You will Prompt as Run in That Type “Regedit“.
3. Now You Will Be Prompta window in That Follow What is written HIKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE<->SYSTEM<->CURRENTCONTROL SET<->SERVICES<->USBSTOR
4. Now you have to just find outSTARTin the working area.
5. In that to Disable Just Change the Value data with “4” or for Next time if you want to again Enable your USB port the Change it to “3” but remember after every task or changing the valueClose your Registry Editor…
Method#2 Disabling USB ports from Device Manager
The above method perfect way to disable USB ports on computers but what if, that does noteven worked and you can still access to the computer via USB ports, the another method of disabling the USB ports isthrough the Device Manager which will be located with a right click on the My computer icon and select MANAGE, after that the rest of theprocess will be described below..
Right Click on MY COMPUTERicon -> then select MANAGE-> then you will be pop up with windows similar to the above image now at left select the Device Manager from then you will be shown to Universal Serial Bus Controllers-> under USBCselect all the device and with right click Disable all and see if it is working or not. IF not working the restart your computer but remember later on you can enable that device later even after rebooting your computer.
#3 By Uninstalling your USB Mass Storage Drivers
In schools if administrators worried about and concern about more in security data breach purpose then the best way to disable the USB ports is to uninstalling of each and every USB drivers installed in your system, the uninstalling of MASS Storage Drivers is the extreme steps taken only by the users who really think that they for the next time will not be required to transfer data via USB ports eventually.
But this is also a case study that the drivers can manually install when you have uninstalled your Mass Storage Drivers from the computer the after plugin your USB device – Windows will search for USB port drivers andautomatically it will install the drivers and you USB will again start working as usual.
#5 Use Microsoft Support for Fixing It
Now if you have seen that the USB ports are not working even after you have replaced the previous setting such as Windows Registry Editor the now you probably needed Windows service support that is Microsoft fix it 50061 . Apply the setup and it will fix your problems subsequently.
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