Most Popular Removable Medias Like "Flash Drives" are Most prime target for attackers as a means to get infections spread around the computer world.
USB drive is Not a Read only memory(ROM) The data Inside can be easily modified and deleted as we wish or a "program wish"
For cost reduction Many Companys Dosent Provide a Write Protection methode to protect it from those stufs.So a user want to make this as manual on our computer. so how
we can done by adding a small entry to the Windows registry.
which acts as a switch that can be enabled,to make use of the write protection or disabled to allow write access.
ok follow me now:-
4. Now right-click on StorageDevicePolicies and create a New->DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it as Write Protect.
5. Double-click on Write Protect and set the Value data to 1.
And also . some times U may need to remove this feature for some purpose so don't get worried by getting those messages
just revert back to step "5" and change the value back to "1"
so you are done.. and enjoy the write protection :-0
certain programs also do this for you which is free no need to spend money and also no need to do this stuffs in step by step
one example program i can sugest to to u is
USB WRITE PROTECT 1.1.0 go and download here;;;
USB drive is Not a Read only memory(ROM) The data Inside can be easily modified and deleted as we wish or a "program wish"
For cost reduction Many Companys Dosent Provide a Write Protection methode to protect it from those stufs.So a user want to make this as manual on our computer. so how
we can done by adding a small entry to the Windows registry.
which acts as a switch that can be enabled,to make use of the write protection or disabled to allow write access.
ok follow me now:-
1.go to-> Registry Editor (Open the “Run” dialog box, type regedit and hit “Enter”).
2. just Navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
3. Create a New Key named StorageDevicePolicies. To do this right-click on Control, and click on New->Key and name it as StorageDevicePolicies.
4. Now right-click on StorageDevicePolicies and create a New->DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it as Write Protect.
5. Double-click on Write Protect and set the Value data to 1.
And also . some times U may need to remove this feature for some purpose so don't get worried by getting those messages
just revert back to step "5" and change the value back to "1"
so you are done.. and enjoy the write protection :-0
certain programs also do this for you which is free no need to spend money and also no need to do this stuffs in step by step
one example program i can sugest to to u is
USB WRITE PROTECT 1.1.0 go and download here;;;
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