Comment Are you using Windows/Group Policy? (Score 2, Informative) 236
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) introduces a new registry subkey that lets you mark USB-based storage devices such as memory sticks as read-only devices. This is a useful security capability that can prevent users from copying data from their systems and taking that data offsite via a USB device. To enable the USB write protection, perform the following steps:
1. Start the registry editor (regedit.exe).
2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\StorageDevicePolicies subkey. (Create the StorageDevicePolicies subkey if it doesn't already exist.)
3. From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value.
4. Type the name WriteProtect and press Enter.
5. Double-click the new value and set it to 1. Click OK.
6. Close the registry editor.
7. Restart the computer.
To disable this change, you can either set WriteProtect to 0 or delete it.
You should be able to roll this out as part of Group Policy or a startup script.
1. Start the registry editor (regedit.exe).
2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contr
3. From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value.
4. Type the name WriteProtect and press Enter.
5. Double-click the new value and set it to 1. Click OK.
6. Close the registry editor.
7. Restart the computer.
To disable this change, you can either set WriteProtect to 0 or delete it.
You should be able to roll this out as part of Group Policy or a startup script.
