PROTECT YOUR USB

Friends,
This can be done
by adding a small
entry to the
Windows registry
which acts as a
switch that can be
enabled to make
use of the write
protection or
disabled to allow
write access. Just
follow these steps:
1. Open the
Registry Editor
(Open the “Run”
dialog box, type
regedit and hit
“Enter”).
2. Navigate to the
following Registry
key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl
3. Create a New Key
named as
StorageDevicePolicies.
To do this right-click on
Control, and click on
New->Key and name it
as
StorageDevicePolicies.
4. Now right-click on
StorageDevicePolicies
and create a New-
>DWORD (32-bit) Value
and name it as
WriteProtect.
Write-Protect USB Drive
5. Double-click on
WriteProtect and set
the Value data to 1.
Now the right-
protection for USB
drives is enabled on
your computer (no
restart required) and
thus it would not be
possible for anyone or
any program to add/
delete the contents
from your USB flash
drive. Any attempt to
copy or download the
files onto the USB drive
will result in the
following error message
being displayed.
USB-Write Protect Error
To revert and remove
the write-protection, all
you need to do is just
change the Value data
for WriteProtect
(Step-5) from 1 back to
0. Now write access to
all the USB devices is re
enabled.
Enjoy....