Disable USB ports completely

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Hi,
Is there a way to disable all USB ports, so that it does not recognize any removable storage or any other device
(USB mouse, USB keyboard etc).

Thank you.

What I have tried:

I have tried the below methods
1. Make changes to USBSTOR registry value
2. Enable the group policy "All Removable Storage classes: Deny all access"

The above methods disable only the removable storage, but not other devices.
Any help is appreciated.

Posted 21-Mar-16 1:31am

Saiprasad V

Updated 21-Mar-16 2:15am

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Philippe Mori 21-Mar-16 12:13pm

This is very suspicious... How would you use the computer without keyboard. We don't need your viruses!

If this is for a public computer, then remove physical ports...

Saiprasad V 22-Mar-16 1:41am

I guess you got confused with the examples. My intent is just disable the USB port so that no device can be connected. I may use the touchscreen input if required. And believe me its no virus:-)

Philippe Mori 22-Mar-16 8:24am

And if the screen breaks? And how would you know that no internal peripherical are USB?

3 solutions

Solution 1

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Use Device Manager to disable and re-enable all the USB controllers

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/817900[^]

Posted 21-Mar-16 1:51am

CHill60

Solution 2

for disable USB you need to change registry values programmatically. following is the code

For disable USB

C#

Microsoft.Win32.Registry.SetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR", "Start", 4, Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind.DWord);

For enable USB.

C#

Microsoft.Win32.Registry.SetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR", "Start", 3, Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind.DWord);

Posted 21-Mar-16 2:07am

Manoj Kumar Choubey

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Jochen Arndt 21-Mar-16 8:20am

The poster already knows that:

"1. Make changes to USBSTOR registry value"

"The above methods disable only the removable storage, but not other devices."

Manoj Kumar Choubey 21-Mar-16 22:30pm

ok Jochen Thank you for suggest

Member 14710287 30-Mar-22 17:36pm

hi how can I disable some kind of USB Reader.

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Jochen Arndt · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-21T02:15:00

You can use the Windows Device Console (Devcon.exe) - Windows 10 hardware dev[^] utility (source code available).

There are examples to disable USB devices: Device Console (DevCon.exe) Examples - Windows 10 hardware dev[^]. When disabling the internal USB root hubs, no devices can be connected.