USBDLM V3.4 - USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000, XP

[anders]

I finally managed to deploy the .mis-file with GPO. It was user rights on the file-server which caused the problems I had earlier.

 

Thank alot for the help guys! This will save me a hole lot of time.

 

 

Anders

[AlexB]

Side note guys, you can use the registry instead of the ini file. So just use the gpo to deliver the msi and set the appropriate registry entries.

[AlexB]

Oh and seeing as PolicyMaker Registry extention is the only easy way to set registry entries you might want to know that if you have IE7 installed on the machine(s) running GPMC then the policymaker part will crash.

 

Took me AGES to figure this one out, even searching the web, workaround here http://www.desktopstandard.com/kb/article.aspx?id=10569

[AlexB]

Bah, I keep thinking of things.

 

One really handy thing I found is setting Letter1 to E, Letter2 to F and then Letter3 to -

 

This means thatit will mount the first 2 sticks used, but not mount any more.

 

Also handy to set Letter1 to - for those damned U3 cddrives

[virus52]

Hello All,

 

I am very new here and as you might have guess that our school is also having so much trouble with all sort of usb drives that are used by teachers and students. Now, I found a light with usbdlm. I wonder if any kind soul can point me on how to obtain .msi package for usbdlm and script that guys mention about. I thank you in advance. This usb thing is driving me crazy.....

 

 

Thanks,

 

Henry

[netadmin]

Hello All,

 

I am very new here and as you might have guess that our school is also having so much trouble with all sort of usb drives that are used by teachers and students. Now, I found a light with usbdlm. I wonder if any kind soul can point me on how to obtain .msi package for usbdlm and script that guys mention about. I thank you in advance. This usb thing is driving me crazy.....

 

 

Thanks,

 

Henry

 

Try this: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/usbdlm.msi

[virus52]

Thank you so much for quick response. It is awesome. Today I have some time after regular work hours so I went to school multimedia lab and installed usbdlm under domain administrator credential. After that I log off and log in as limited domain user and started plugging in kingston drive which has never been on the computer. To my dismay, windows immediately prompt me with user name and password to elevate the credential. I cancel the dialog box hoping that usbdlm would still kick in. But it didn't help me. I check under services.msc to make sure usbdlm service is active and running. So, I unplug the kingston usb drive and plug in different brand which also has never been used on the computer under limited user account. Windows again prompt me for user name and password. So, I canceled the prompt unplug the device and plug in the different brand and the same prompt come up again. So, I don't know sdbdlm is not working or I did something wrong. Any help or suggestion would greatly appreciated. This usb devices challenge has been bothering me for a year now with no work around.

 

Henry

[box_l]

has any one got a sample .reg file i can use?

 

i am in the process of editing the .msi to populate the registry with my preferred settings.

 

TIA

 

BoX

[box_l]

ok, i did it.

 

with a sample reg file from Uwe Sieber, a GUID from http://www.guidgen.com/

a copy of ORCA and this page http://www.spinnersoftware.com/kb/en/msi/createmsi.html .

 

i managed to hack the .msi to populate the registry.

 

i have not included all the options avaliable in the ini file as i dont feel i need them all.

 

to edit the msi to add further options ,

open USBDLM_with_reg.msi with orca find the registry section and add as appropriate.

[Andi]

This download link is broken, is there any chance of anyone uploading it again please as I'm trying to deploy this via GPO and to have the ini settings in the MSI would be very handy.

 

I have orca and am comfortable with editing tables inside MSIs so alternatively could someone just let me know what keys I'd need to add to what table?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Andi]

Presumably nobody has this to hand then? Currently I'm deploying the ini file with a script at startup, but I'd much rather do it with GPO.

[dezt]

Here you go USBDLM msi file

usbdlm_185.zip

[Andi]

Thanks, but I think I already have that one, straight from the website yes? It was specifically the one with the registry hacked that I was after.

[Oops_my_bad]

Andi - maybe if you say what ini settings you want going into the MSI (as we all like it setup differently) then someone will be kind enough to butcher the MSI with orca and do it for you

[Andi]

OK thanks.

 

My ini file is as simple as:

 

[DriveLetters]

Letter1=U

Letter2=V

 

I have Orca installed and am happy to butcher the msi myself, I was just wondering where to make the first cut

 

Any help would be gratefully received.

[box_l]

All,

 

this is the file i edited with orca.

 

it works fine under GPO.

 

you may wish to edit the drive letters to match your networks unmapped drives.

 

BoX

usbdlm_with_reg.msi

[Andi]

Excellent, thanks.

[sippo]

Sorry to bump such an old thread up, but does anyone have a spare copy of the script to run the msi, please?!?