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Doesnt Windows provide a means to control access to ports?

April 26, 2017CONTROL means ports Windows

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Doesnt Windows provide a means to control access to ports?

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Standard operating system tools such as Windows 2000 Group Policy do not enable monitoring or blocking of individual ports, such as USB and FireWire ports. Likewise there are no built-in permissions controls over access to WiFi and Bluetooth adapters. Windows XP system administrators who have installed Service Pack 2 can configure a registry key to make USB storage devices read-only. But, editing the registry of each PC is laborious and impractical for big networks. Also making changes to the registry always poses some risk. DeviceLock® customers are looking for more functionality and flexibility.