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Monday, August 11, 2008

WriteProtect USBStorageDevice on WinXP SP2

Read Only access (WriteProtect) to any usb storage device on Microsoft Windows XP SP2

** open Registry Editor
** look for or create new key:
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
** look for or create new DWORD value: WriteProtect
** put value: 1

Rollback
** put value: 0 (zero)

Info
** Other usb devices (non storage devices) are not affected