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Disable\Enable the USB drive in Windows 7

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Sometimes it is necessary to Block or Disable the USB to prevent your PC from viruses and Trojans especially when it is in a crowded area like in Office, School or College. Here, I'm gonna show you a simple trick to Disable/Enable the USB drive in your PC without any third party software by simply making changes in the Windows registry. Open registry.  Window Key+R  > type  regedit Navigate to the following registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR There in the right content pane search for  REG_DWORD Start Double click on it and a new small pop box will appear. Change its value to 4 to  Disable the USB Change its value to 3 to  Enable the USB Sometimes a reboot will be required for the changes to take effect Alternative Method: Open Notepad Copy the following code reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f Save it as >...

Manually remove the shortcut virus from USB

Hi guys. Sometimes its very irritating when you insert any USB and it shows many shortcuts of My Documents and all the important data and files become invisible. This is due to a shortcut virus. It is usually present in many computers of office, college or cyber cafes. Many of my friends are facing the problems with this virus. So here is a simple trick by which you can remove this virus from your pen drive. Open command prompt. go to  start  > run  > type  cmd . Insert your USB flash drive. Assuming it is the drive  I: In the command prompt window type the following code and hit  enter attrib -h -r -s /s /d I:\*.*           here  replace  I:  with your drives name . That's it. Now you can see the magic that all your invisible files are back now.  You have successfully removed the shortcut virus from your pen drive.