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Friday, 27 January 2017

How to restrict access to your computer usb ports

      If you a have laptop that means you probably have friends who connect their mobile phones or any other external storage device to your computer severally not minding the ramifications(viral infection on the laptop).u

     This is the main cause of virus infections in systems.now,you will happy to know that there is a way to prevent people from using your usb ports unless you manually enable it for the person

Solution: follow the instructions accurately...

* hold ctrl and click r simultaneously
* type in regedit
* search and click HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE/SYSTEM/current control set/services/usbstor/work area/
*Double click start
*Value data-enter 4
* Click ok
* close registry Editor
* refresh your desktop

    Now to enable access to your usb ports which is necessary, cause your pc is pretty much useless without access to usb ports...all you have to do is follow the same steps but in the value data :enter 3...

Tip: learn computer shortcuts.

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