How to shield your computer from using usb devices

If you have a lot of personal privacy or confidential data and information on your computer and don't want others to copy confidential data when you leave the computer, you can use the following method to shield your computer's usb device. 1. Insert the u disk into the USB port of the computer, then open the “Control Panel” and double-click “Device Manager” to expand the “Portable Device” and you can see the u disk. As shown below: 2, right click on the u disk to select "properties", click on the "Details" tab in the pop-up "Properties" window, and then select “ in the device & ldquo; Properties & rdquo; drop-down box ; Hardware ID & rdquo;, the following "value" will appear in the string, this is the hardware ID of the u disk, you can copy it. As shown below: 3. In the “Device Manager”, expand “Universal Serial Bus Controller”, find “USB Mass Storage Device”, click in its “Properties” window. “Details” tag, copy out its hardware ID and save it. As shown below: 4, click & ldquo; start & rdquo;, enter “gpedit.msc” in the box above, press Enter to confirm the Group Policy window, then expand & ldquo; Computer Configuration & Rarr; Administrative Template → system → device installation & rarr; device installation restrictions & rdquo;, double-click on the right side of the "Do not install devices not described by other policy settings", select "ldquo; enabled" in the pop-up window, then click & ldquo The "OK" button is set to disable USB devices that are not described by the policy. As shown below: At this point, you will find that someone else's USB flash drive is not working properly on our computer. The above four simple steps can protect your data security. In addition, if you are not at ease, you can arrive. Modify the function of usb in the BIOS registry editor to disable it. Hurry and try the above steps to shield the computer from using other people's U disk. (PS: Remember to leave a mouse for your mouth!) This article is from [System Home] www.xp85.com