Give Windows 7 a dose of hikes to make your USB all disappear

In the article "Prevent Windows 7 from automatically identifying and installing drivers for USB devices", we are actually "close" to the perfect solution to the problem of "the USB device will be poisoned automatically". But there are users who like to go to extremes: the need for direct shielding USB devices.

In this article, you can learn about the following:

Problem	Windows 7 has an effective control over USB devices, but each time you want to elevate permissions for a user.
This article	Modify the registry to completely shield the USB device (and re-enable it if required).
Knowledge points	You can see the comprehensiveness of Windows 7 control over USB devices.

In Windows 7, run Registry Editor, expand to Hkey_local_machinesystemcurrentcontrolsetservicesusbstor in turn, locate and double-click Start in the right window, and then in the pop-up window , modify its default value to "4".

Change the start value to 4

After the modification, save the settings exit, the next restart can be effective.

After using this method, the USB device in Windows 7 will be disabled, and if the user needs to enable the USB device, it must re-enter the above key value and modify the value back to "3".

Editorial Reviews:

The method described in this article is "thorough" in comparison to the way you can control permissions by raising Windows 7, but it's a hassle to change the registry every time. Therefore, the author does not recommend the use of this method.