Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Removable Storage Access
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and later client and server operating system group policies provide several settings that can be used control how removable devices and removable storage can be used. Some of these settings apply to CD and DVD drives and media, but many are designed to control the read and write permission to removable disks such as external USB drives and memory sticks. These settings can be configured in a computer group policy but can also be configured in the User Configuration node to deny write access to removable media, as shown in Figure 27.19. The settings are located in User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Removable Storage Access.
Figure 27.19. Denying write access ...
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