By using Group Policy, you can block the use of data cards and USB drives on a per-machine basis. But you can’t use Group Policy to do this on a per-user basis. What can you do if you need to block only certain usernames from accessing such devices on Windows 7 computers?
Check out DeviceLock, which can be integrated into Active Directory to provide additional device blocking settings that can be managed using GPOs:
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