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Reputation:

How block USB Ports in windows using vb.net

am new invb.net programming, am developing an experimental application to block USB ports in windows computers,it can be possible by editing some values in regedit as am new in programming i am totally blank, any help will much appreciated

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1689

Answers (2)

Vivek S.
Vivek S.

Reputation: 21885

  • first import the following

Imports Microsoft.Win32

  • Function to disable/Block

    Private Sub functionToBlock()
    Dim regKey As RegistryKey
    regKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR", True)
    regKey.SetValue("Start", 4) //' 4(To disable the ports)
End Sub

  • Function to Enable/Unblock

    Private Sub functionToUnblock()
   Dim regKey As RegistryKey
   regKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR", True)
   regKey.SetValue("Start", 3) //' 3(To enable the ports)
End Sub

Upvotes: 1

Anant Dabhi
Anant Dabhi

Reputation: 11104

below is the solution which is working for 32 bit windows but not working 64 bit ...

//disable USB storage...

Microsoft.Win32.Registry.SetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR", "Start", 4, Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind.DWord);

//enable USB storage...

Microsoft.Win32.Registry.SetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR", "Start", 3, Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind.DWord);

Upvotes: 0

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