Enable or disable USB Ports in Windows 10/8/7

 You can easily enable or disable usb ports. Many ways for Enable or disable USB Ports in Windows.
There are 5 ways an administrator can prevent using of USB Drives
  1. Altering registry values for USB Mass Storage Devices.
  2. Disabling USB Ports from Device Manager.
  3. By Uninstalling the USB Mass Storage Drivers
1] Enable, Disable USB Drives & Mass Storage Devices using Registry
If the administrator is smart, then he would definitely do this to ensure a tight blockade. He would alter the settings through regedit command on Run console. Now how do you unlock it? You have to go right into where the administrator has been. Here is how.
Go to Start > Run, type “regedit” and press enter to open the registry editor
Navigate to the following key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR

In the right pane, select Start and change the value to 3. (The value 4 will disable USB Storage). Click OK. This will re-enable USB Ports and allow you to use USB or Pen drives.

2] Disable USB Ports from Device Manager
Go to Start > type Device Manager and press Enter. Then click on Universal Serial Bus Controllers and disable ports using Right Click.

3] Uninstall USB Mass Storage Drivers
 Go to Start > type Device Manager and press Enter. Then click on Universal Serial Bus Controllers and uninstall drivers.

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