USB User Access

craigwolfenden

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Hello Everyone,

This is my first time post....

I have been doing a project at work which will involve securing several standalone systems with Windows 7 Pro. I want to prevent user (standard) access to USB however allow the Admin access to the USB drive. We do not use any form of USB devices except a thumb drive t move data between the PC's at admin level.

I have tried using the Policy Editor however that seems to either bock access to the drive for all users or only one user (all or nothing), which is really frustrating.

I was wondering if any one could recommended some free software or cheap software that would be good for the job or another way of securing the PC's with the restrictions I am after.
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Various
This guy here seems to be a real specialist on USB permissions: Uwe Sieber's Homepage

Haven't checked now, but it's possible one of the many free tools on the site might be able to help you.
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP ProBook 455 G1
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
AMD A4-4300M, Revision TN-A1
Motherboard
HP 194E Socket FS1 Ver. A2019DD203 AMD A55/A60M/A8 (Speccy)*
Memory
4 GB DDR3 (3276 MBytes acc. to Speccy)
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD 7420G
Sound Card
IDT High Def Audio CODEC; AMD High Def Audio Device
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768
Hard Drives
Seagate 465 GB ST500LT0 12-1DG142 SATA-III
Keyboard
Std 101/102-Key or Micros. Natural PS/2 Keyb'd for HP Hotkey
Mouse
Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Firefox release channel (also Chrome and IE 11)
Other Info
Hard disk is encrypted. In addition to above motherboard info from Speccy, CPU-Z reports: "Model: HP 194E, KBC Vers. 91.0D; Chipset: AMD 15 IMC, Ver. 00; Southbridge: AMD A76M FCH, Rev. 2.6; LPCIO: SMSC"
Thank you for your post, I have looked at the post and the tools that are on this site seems to apply to Windows 2000 and 9x.

Unless I am in a silly moment, I can not see anything relating to USB drives except to enure they get a certain letter when connected. This seems to be a common question, but I cannot seem to fins the anwser anywhere.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Various

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
An ol' eMachines
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium
Internet Speed
Fine for me...I'm retired!
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