CIS 170F: Windows 7 Administration

Week 11

Enterprise Computing
Controlling Device Installation
Removable Storage Group Policy Settings

  • Additional Group Policy settings can be used to control access specifically to different types of removable storage.



  • The types of devices you can control, include:
    • CD and DVD: These settings control read and write access to CD and DVD drivers, including burning.
    • Custom Classes: You can control read write access to any device setup class that you define.
    • Floppy Drives: These settings control read and write access to floppy drives, including USB floppy drives.
    • Removable Disks: These settings control read and write access to all removable disks, including USB drives.
    • All Removable Storage classes: You can deny access to all types of removable storage. this etting overrides all others for removable storage.
    • Tape Drives: These settings control read and write access to tape drives such as those used to backups.
    • Windows Portable Devices (WPD): These settings control read and write access to smart devices such as media players. Many of these devices can also act as a removable disk.