Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Controlkey
If there is no key called StorageDevicePolicies, create it. You do this by right-clicking the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control key, and selecting New > Key from the menu.
Select the StorageDevicePolicies key
From the menu select Edit > New > DWORD Value
Name the new value WriteProtect
Right-click the WriteProtect value and choose Modify
In the Value Data: box enter 1
Exit the registry editor, and restart your computer
Answer.im is one of useful FREE online service which works as a auto reply answering machine for your instant messenger like Yahoo messenger, Google Talk, MSN, AIM and ICQ.
This service could be really useful to auto respond to the messages on your instant messengers in case you are away from your computer or busy in doing some other important work
It works in the following way mentioned below
1. Go to answer.im and Login through your instant messaging account credentials.
2. Setup your online account status and type in your answer text and click Save Changes button.
3. Click Exit, to exit but your account will stay online, and respond to messages by your friends. This service will auto respond to all the messages by your friends and contacts list even if your computer is switched off.
To this what can be done is that the USB can be blocked and then stopping the use of USB drives. Here is a simple registry hack to do so, try it with care.
1. Go to Start –> Run, type Regedit.
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlset\Services\USBStor
3. In the right pane, look for value Start and have value as 0000000(3)
4. Double click on that and change that value to 4.
You might be required to restart the PC, and then you are done with it, USB is now blocked.
In case if you want to get the USB unblocked, just change the value again to 3. See, its so easy. Isn’t it