<div>
I don't know much about group policy (I'm still a newbie when it comes to working on this side of the servers) but I found this:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555324" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555324</a>
</div>


I don't know much about group policy (I'm still a newbie when it comes to working on this side of the servers) but I found this:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555324 [http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555324]

<div>
You could try disabling USB in BIOS and set a BIOS password to prevent access.
</div>


You could try disabling USB in BIOS and set a BIOS password to prevent access.

<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
Good day<br />
<br />
I am sending out a lot of Xp pc's to our ouside offices these days. &nbsp;Is there a way in wich I can lock the usb ports for flashdrives ect. &nbsp;In the past we used to remove all stiffy an cd rom drives to prevent unauthorized content to be moved to and from any company pc. &nbsp; People will be people so i will rather prevent a problem than have to sort it out afterwards.<br />
<br />
I will apreciate any help or guidance in this direction.<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
Andre Herbst 
</div>
</div>


Good day

I am sending out a lot of Xp pc's to our ouside offices these days.  Is there a way in wich I can lock the usb ports for flashdrives ect.  In the past we used to remove all stiffy an cd rom drives to prevent unauthorized content to be moved to and from any company pc.   People will be people so i will rather prevent a problem than have to sort it out afterwards.

I will apreciate any help or guidance in this direction.

Thanks
Andre Herbst 

usb port lock in xp

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.