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    Question Cannot disable USB Hub in Device Manager

    How can I do this without disabling the port entirely @KingLoki ? I need to use the ports for the keyboard and mouse
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    Question I can't disable USB Mass Storage using Windows GPE or Registry Editor ?

    It should be possible to disable USB mass storage without disabling the ports themselves by disabling USB Hub. I trued this on another computer and it worked perfectly. However, the computer I need to disable removable devices is not allowing me to disable USB Hub. I created a new post since it...
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    Question Cannot disable USB Hub in Device Manager

    I need to disable USB Mass Storage. I want to disable Generic USB Hub and USB Root Hub (USB 3.0) in Device Manager but when I right-click on them, the option to Disable device does not appear. If I go to Properties -> Device for each device, the option Disable Device is greyed out. Please could...
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    Question I can't disable USB Mass Storage using Windows GPE or Registry Editor ?

    @BFG-9000 I cannot disable USB ports from BIOS as that wpuld render the ports completely useless and I need to plug in my keyboard and mose to interface with the machine.
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    Question I can't disable USB Mass Storage using Windows GPE or Registry Editor ?

    @Ralston18 I went into the registry and saw that for both HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER, the RemovableStorageDevices key has the Deny_All value set to 1. Apart from looking at the registry and physically inserting the USB to see if it's blocked, I do not know any other way to check...
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    Question I can't disable USB Mass Storage using Windows GPE or Registry Editor ?

    I have a Windows PC which must have USB mass storage disabled. I have gone into Group Policy Editor (Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Removable Storage Access) and enabled all three removable disk policies which deny R,W,X access. I have enabled the policy to deny...