USB Port Read Only

[Mac the Knife]

In hardware I don't know, but for Windows (SP2 and above) just change a registry key.

Start the registry editor (regedit.exe).

1. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageD evicePolicies subkey. (Create the StorageDevicePolicies subkey if it doesn't already exist.)
2. From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value.
3. Type the name WriteProtect and press Enter.
4. Double-click the new value and set it to 1. Click OK.
5. Close the registry editor.
6. Restart the computer.

Or you can use Thumbscrew - Thumbscrew: Software USB Write Blocker - to do it for you.

Obviously, anyone who knows the trick can reverse it, but for casual snoopers this may be enough. Hardly secure in the real sense though.



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