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The easiest way to use is with the Group Policy Managment Console<br />
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GPMC<br />
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<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a6d4c24-8cbd-4b35-9272-dd3cbfc81887&displaylang=en" rel="ugc">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a6d4c24-8cbd-4b35-9272-dd3cbfc81887&displaylang=en</a><br />

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The easiest way to use is with the Group Policy Managment Console

GPMC

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a6d4c24-8cbd-4b35-9272-dd3cbfc81887&displaylang=en [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a6d4c24-8cbd-4b35-9272-dd3cbfc81887&displaylang=en]


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You will need to make a custome ADM template to accomplish this. Take a look at the KB artical as it will show exactly what you need to do and also give you structure.<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555324" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555324</a><br />
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Hope this helps~!
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You will need to make a custome ADM template to accomplish this. Take a look at the KB artical as it will show exactly what you need to do and also give you structure.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555324 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555324]

Hope this helps~!

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Afternoon,<br />
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I would like to know how to stop users being able to burn discs and attach portable storage devices to their computers.<br />
I would like to do this via GPO<br />
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Regards
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Afternoon,

I would like to know how to stop users being able to burn discs and attach portable storage devices to their computers.
I would like to do this via GPO

Regards

Restrict CD/DVD-ROM and hardware attach access

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).