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Ever wondered why your USB drive doesn’t work when you plug it in your college or your office PC? There is a simple answer that the USB ports are disabled.

Anyone can easily enable/disable the USB port. To enable or disable usb port, just follow these simple steps:

Step1: Press Windows+R or go to Start- Accessories- Run.




















Step2: Type regedit and click on OK button.

This will open the Registry editor window.


Step 3: Now open the following location from the left hand side of the registry editor

“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR”






Step 4: Right click the registry START and click MODIFY

To enable USB ports: change the value from 4 to 3.

To disable USB ports: change the Value for 3 to 4.


Now you can try on your Computer.







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