Comments on: How To Prevent A USB Drive From Running Anything Automatically In Windows

By: Kermonk

Kermonk — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:55:36 +0000

Why is the web full of this crap? There is no auto run from USB – and I’ve been searching for ages for a way to make it work -and the only thing i find are all these “hints” on how to disable it!

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:46:50 +0000

If you do the following startup and logon batch files wont run for that user anymore

Editor’s note: This will disable the command for all users including the local administrator. If you want to disable this for specific users only (and for XP Home users) make the change in the registry. Login to the account you want to change and create the following registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\
DisableCMD dword 0×00000001 to disable command prompt and batch files
or
DisableCMD dword 0×00000002 to disable command prompt but not batch files

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:45:27 +0000

I should clarify I mean to stop anything from running period. Not just autorun. I dont want students to be able to make batch files at home and then run them from their USB sticks. However I am not allowed to stop the use of USB drives by students as storage.

I cant find an solution for this.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:42:43 +0000

Ok what if I want students to be able to use USB drives but I don’t want anything to be run from them? I’m particularly interested in preventing the use of BATCH files.

As the teachers use many applications I’d prefer not to use the GPO that lists all applications that can be run.

Surely there is a way to allow the use of a USB but not allow anything to run from it?

By: Gates III

Gates III — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:10:26 +0000

Kinda works pretty well .But I need help into formatting a flash drive which come in a RAW format.

By: mikosh

mikosh — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:27:23 +0000

thanks jon
that’s what i was looking for… works great!

By: kash525

kash525 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:56:03 +0000

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By: lady_in_red

lady_in_red — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:31:02 +0000

If you are the type who hates going into the guts of the operating system, there are of course handy pieces of software available

By: sunny

sunny — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:09:22 +0000

a gud way to avoid this is to disable autorun across all devices, DVD,CD drives and USB devices..
jus type the following in Notepad

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\Autorun.inf]
@=”@SYS:DoesNotExist”

den save d notepad file as “NoAutoRun.reg”
right click saved file and click MERGE. Click YES and presto alll autorun is disabled

By: mwa

mwa — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:17:47 +0000

Try this one:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;disables autoplay context menu commands in Windows Explorer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\Autorun.inf]
@=”@SYS:DoesNotExist”

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
“NoDriveTypeAutoRun”=dword:000000ff

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
“NoDriveTypeAutoRun”=dword:000000ff