Disable USB disks

[doyle.jack]

Of course, disabling in bios is not the way to go. What about usb mice and keyboards?

You can handle this with special protection tools. Another approach is to use a desktop management utility, for example Desktop Authority. As far as I know, this tool contains a usb security option for restricting the use of usb storage devices and and any communication devices.

 

Anddy,

 

You are correct. The USB/Port Security option in Desktop Authority will do exactly what you are talking about.

 

It installs a driver on the client machine that allows you to restrict access to different devices based on what we call Validation Logic. For example, you could allow your students to read from thumb drives without allowing write, etc. You can also distinguish between different types of devices and different types of access based on the user that logs in, for example.

 

The page I linked to above will explain it in more detail. I hope this helps.

 

Jack Doyle, Systems Engineer

ScriptLogic Corporation

http://www.scriptlogic.com