James Osborne
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Lock Down USB ports in Windows 10
We're looking for a way to restrict access to USB ports. We're deploying a number of new Windows 10 Pro PC's and want to lock them down so ONLY the keyboard and mouse work with the PC's. Anyone know of a third party application or other way to tie the devices down?
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Use GPOs to forbid storage devices. See the GPO section. Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > System > Removable Storage Access. Or, even try to stop installation of USB devices in total: Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | System | Device Installation | Device Installation Restriction
The old article https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2007.06.grouppolicy.aspx still applies.
The old article https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2007.06.grouppolicy.aspx still applies.
I wonder why this solution should be the only solution. It does not cover other USB devices, only USB storage devices. Mine covers other devices, too.
User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ System \ Removable Storage Access \ All Removable Storage classes: Deny all access.
Also see Sean’s excellent article on blocking USB storage via registry settings here:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/23800/Disable-USB-mass-storage-devices-via-the-registry.html