Disable USB by GPO

[diasmith [MSFT]]

Hello,

I found the following article that talks about disabling usb for winxp
machines:

823732 HOW TO: Disable the Use of USB Storage Devices in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823732

It may be possible to push this registry key change out to clients using an
ADM File:

323639 HOW TO: Create Custom Administrative Templates in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323639

307732 HOW TO: Add a Windows 2000 ADM Template to a Group Policy Snap-In in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307732

225087 Writing Custom ADM Files for System Policy Editor
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=225087

Implementing Registry-Based Group Policy -> To download this white paper,
visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/management/rbppaper
.asp

Thank You.

Diana.

dias...@online.microsoft.com

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