[ask] disable found new hardware wizard

[pinardyk]

hai

i have lock my computer, so flasdisk cannt be use, but my friends in office always plug his handphone, n virus spread to my computer

i want to ask how to disable windows found new hardware wizard for handphone in xp home sp2, because after plug handphone, its show " found new hardware", from that my friend can access my computer

i have disable all port usb in regedit, that its only for flashdisk, cannt be used for handphone

thanks

[GrofLuigi]

Hotfix adds new functionality to suppress Plug and Play-related UI messages in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP

Not a full solution, but it might help you somewhat, since you say you already lock some other places.

GL

[jaclaz]

Hotfix adds new functionality to suppress Plug and Play-related UI messages in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP

Not a full solution, but it might help you somewhat, since you say you already lock some other places.

GL

Well, this only suppresses messages, maybe it would work if also specific device drivers are removed form the system repository.

I guess that blocking a given device or class is what the OP would like to do, something along the lines of:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_prevent_the_Add_Hardware_Wizard_from_asking_you_to_install_a_new_printer_every_time_the_computer_boots_up

or possibly some trickery with devcon:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272/en-us

Something like this, I mean:

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14500/Detecting-Hardware-Insertion-and-or-Removal

Or maybe using (in reverse ) this policy approach:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd919224(WS.10).aspx#bkmk_share2

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770453(WS.10).aspx

ClassGUIDs:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff553426(v=VS.85).aspx

Or using (again in reverse) this one:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841567/en-us

(just ideas .... )

jaclaz