This articles describes how to disable USB port in a Windows PC by editing registry. Follow the steps given below to disable USB port from registry editor.
Warning: Modifying the registry is always risky, if anything goes wrong Windows OS needs to be reinstalled. So be very careful while modifying the registry.
Warning: Modifying the registry is always risky, if anything goes wrong Windows OS needs to be reinstalled. So be very careful while modifying the registry.
- Clcik Start and then click Run
- Type regedit in Run window and click OK. Registry editor window o pens.
- Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key on the left pane under My Computer (by clicking on + sign on left side of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
- Expand SYSTEM key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
- Expand CurrentControlSet key under SYSTEM.
- Expand Services key under CurrentControlSet. (as shown below)
- Select usbstor key under Services.
- Select Start value on the right pane
- Right click Start value, select Modify in right click menu
- Edit DWORD value dialog will pop-up. Modify the Start value data to 4. Click OKbutton to commit the changes done. After modifying the value, the registry editor's right pane looks as shown below.
- Close the registry editor. Now USB port is disabled.
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