Disable or Enable USB Ports/USB drive/Pen-Drive in Windows

 

Disable or Enable USB Ports/USB drive/Pen-Drive in Windows

It’s really very easy to enable and disable a USB port of your Laptop and desktop computer. 

Many companies disabled their employee’s laptop to prevent data threat. 

Also many schools, colleges and universities block the USB ports of their computer. 

So, here is the easy way to enable USB ports, access it and disable it back. 

1. Open the Registry Editor by clicking the Start button, typing regedit into the search box, and then pressing Enter. 

2. In left pane of Registry Editor, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR 

3. Right Click Start and Click Modify on right pane of Registry Editor.

4. Do one of the following: To enable USB ports: change the value from 4 to 3 To disable USB ports: change the Value from 3 to 4 

5. After rebooting (restart) Windows the new settings will take effect. The time to wait for terminating services will be faster and shutdown won’t drag on forever.