Prevent users to Copying to usb

The following registry setting will prevent writing to usb in windows xp. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l Add a new key and name it "StorageDevicePolicies". In the window on the right then create a new DWORD value and label it WriteProtect, give it a value of "1" and users can no longer write to USB drives. Giving a value of "0" will allow to write again

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