How to Prevent Software Installation from Removable Media like CD-ROM, USB Flash Drive, Floppy Disk etc. in Windows 7?


This setting is made to strengthen your PC security. This will help you in preventing users, plugging or inserting removable media like USB Flash Drives, Pen Drives, CD-ROM, DVD, Floppy Disks etc., to install any kind of software on your PC. If the users will try to install the software they will receive an error warning.

To accomplish this follow these steps:

1) Open Local Group Policy Editor

2) Expand the branch

User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Installer in the left pane



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3) Double click the option Prevent removable media source for any install in the right pane

4) Click on the dot Enabled and press OK button



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