Re: USB flash drives require Admin rights

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Thank's. Have enable in GPO to allow format and eject USB media to admin and interactive users.
We'll see what will happen :-)
Regards,Miha

"Thee Chicago Wolf" <.@.> wrote in message news:ji71j3lu6q5mhrc57i3n51na45rn29ntuq@xxxxxxxxxx
>We're having problems with some of USB flash drives that are plugged into
WinXP PRO SP2 (joined into domain).
When a 'user' (non-administrative) plugs the USB drive in, Windows begins
detecting new hardware then displays "You must be a member of the
Administrators group on this computer to install this hardware" and prompts
for an administrative user/password. So I need to come to computer and enter
admin password. It's strange, because not all USB flash drives require
rights. Some of them are installed without any problems (I get a new letter
in explorer), but some of them need to install some kind of USB drivers to
work.
If a user is a local admin there is no problems, but I want to give 'normal
users' rights to do this without admin rights.
Can this be done? Thank you in advance for any informations and help.
Regards,
Miha

Hi,

I recently saw this message when we upgraded from IE6 to IE7. IE7
"broke" the ability for the average Guest user to plug in a USB drive
and it mount without any fuss. Uninstalling IE7 didn't help by the
way. The only thing I could suggest is to se the following in your
Group Policy:

Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings >
Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options > Devices: Allow
to format and eject removable media.

Other than this, not sure what to tell you. People have told me normal
XP behavior is to ask for Admin credentials to allow using a USB drive
as a restricted user. It's never happened in all the years I've
maintained XP at my location. Sorry I couldn't help more.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

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