Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Pendrive blocked-disabled college computer – Unblock it

UNLOCK USB PORTS FROM DEVICE MANAGER:

There are 3 methods

1. By Disabling USB Ports from Device Manager.
2. By Tweaking Registry values for USB Mass Storage Devices.
3. By Un-installing the USB Mass Storage Drivers.

1.Method

i) Go to Start > Run, in run prompt type “devmgmt.msc” and press enter. This will open device manager.

ii) Go to Universal Serial bus Controller. See if there are any red colored cross?
 If yes, right click and enable those USB Ports.

2.Method

CORRECT REGISTRY VALUE FOR USB MASS STORAGE DEVICE

1. Go to Start > Run , type “regedit” and press enter, this will open registry editor
2. Navigate to the keyHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR3. Double-click on the “Start” key to modify its value, change the value to 3 and press OK.

Now remove and connect the pen drive again, it should work fine, if it does not, then it means the drivers are missing. Follow the steps below to solve the issue.


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