Portable USB flash drives are indeed very handy, but they can also be used to upload malicious code to your computer (either deliberately or by accident), or to copy confidential information from your computer and take it away.
| Article | Applys to |
| Disable USB memory devices in Windows System | Windows 2000, XP, 2003 |
| How to disable USB Drives (jump/flash/external/etc.) | Windows 2000, XP, 2003 |
| How can I prevent users from writing to USB removable disks | Windows XP SP2 |
| Use Group Policy to disable USB, CD-ROM, Floppy Disk and LS-120 drivers | Windows 2003 |