How to Enable & Disable USB Port with USB Port Lock Software

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How to Enable & Disable USB Port with USB Port Lock Software

30 July 2020 Ashley S. Miller Specialist of Customer Service Dept.

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Professional USB port locker helps you prevent PC from virus in unknown USB or other unauthorized storage devices. Block the USB port and limit the data transfer via USB!

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Reasons of Preventing Computer from Reading Unauthorized USB Disk

Protect Outside Threats with Renee USB Block

Enable & Disable USB Port with Renee USB Block
Add USB Device to White-list in Renee USB Block

How Renee USB Block Works when Blocking USB Device?

Comparison between Renee USB Block and other USB Block Methods

Reasons of Preventing Computer from Reading Unauthorized USB Disk

Information security has been an important topic that people concern. Whether we are working with the computer at home or in the office, we should take privacy security into consideration. When we are protecting the data inside the computer with password or something, we also need to prevent the computer from attack or virus from outside:

Unchecked USB flash drive or other external memory devices which may carry viruses will be read automatically
Copy data to unauthorized USB disk without permission
Unauthorized storage devices like mobiles, SD card connect to PC
Burning the personal or classic data inside PC to CD/DVD without admission

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Protect Outside Threats with Renee USB Block

Want to prevent your computer from these kind of threats? Lock your USB ports with professional USB port lock software – Renee USB Block! Prevent any unauthorized external memory devices connect to your PC via USB.

Prevent Threats from Outside with Renee USB Block

Only a few steps, users can disable reading USB disk even disable writing to USB disk as well.

White list is available to let you get access to trusted external memory devices.

Functions of disabling SD card reader, Android and iPhone are also available.

Once these "disable" functions are enable, computer does not read or write to related devices automatically.

Users can block any website with "Website Lock" fuction in Renee USB Block.

Compatible with Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP (32bit/64bit)

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people have download Renee USB Block to block unauthorized USB device connection.

How to Enable & Disable USB Port with Renee USB Block

The first time you used Renee USB Block, you will be required to set the master password. Of course, you can change the password in “General”.

Step 1: Launch Renee USB Block then click “USB & CD Lock” in “Control Center”.

Step 2: Select “Disable Reading USB Disk”.

When “Disable Reading USB Disk” is selected, software will automatically choose “Disable Writing to USB” at the same time. If you just want to disable writing to USB, please select the related item.

Step 3: A password required window will pop up whenever you plug the storage devices in computer via USB.

Only the corrected password entered, the users will get access to the USB. The password is the master password you set when install Renee USB Block.

Only when you enable this item in “Security”, this window will pop up. If you do not enable it, the external device will be forbid to read directly.

How to Add USB Device to White-list in Renee USB Block

Do not want to be required the password every time insert our own USB? White-list function is available.

Step 1: Click “Add” button on the right hand of the White-list.

Step 2: Select the target USB drive in the pop up window and set the label name.

Do not want the USB drive to open automatically, please select “Not Auto-open Trusted Devices”.

How Renee USB Block Works when Blocking USB Device?

Different from other software which use basic function in Windows system, Renee USB Block uses the low layer driver to lock the auto read function when other memory devices connect to computer via USB.

In computer. a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a hardware which attached to a computer. The driver communicates with the device through the computer bus to which the hardware connects. For example, we connect a printer to computer. We want to print a Word document and send the Print order. Then the driver of the printer will communicate with the related printer and make it print. In another word, hardware will not work normally if we do not install the related driver.

Situation 1: The USB device has been added to the White List of Renee USB Block.

Situation 2: The USB device is not in the White List of Renee USB Block

Comparison between Renee USB Block and other USB Block Methods

There are 2 methods has been widely accepted by computer users to disable USB ports. They are altering registry values for USB mass storage devices and disabling USB ports from device manager.

Altering registry values for USB Mass Storage Devices

Disadvantage: Others who use your computer can easily change this setting and make the USB port working again.

Disabling USB Ports from Device Manager.

Disadvantage: After disable the USB port, other devices like mouse and keyboard you connected to computer will not be accepted by PC. Besides, it is easy to be changed back.

disable USB ports in computer's device manager

In order to provide a safer environment to the data in your computer, you can lock the USB port from reading unauthorized USB devices automatically. Download Renee USB Block now!

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