Mount USB drives as read-only in Windows #

via a quick registry edit (no reboot required - tested in XP SP2, 7 SP1, and 8.1). Simply save the following text as an .reg file and double click to merge:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies]
"WriteProtect"=dword:00000001
To restore mounting removable disks as read-write, just change "00000001" to "00000000", resave the file, and double click to merge. Not as sound as a hardware write blocker like the Forensic UltraDock, but might come in handy for less sensitive work.

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/windows | Feb 17, 2015


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