Disable or Enable USB Storage device

1. Run Registry Editor (regedit).
2. Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor

3. In the right pane, double click on the Start value name.

4. Change the value data to 4 to disable the removable USB mass storage device drive access.

5. To revert and re-enable the drive access for removable USB mass storage device driver, change back the value data for Start to its original default of 3.

File search in XP

A word or phrase in the file search criterion may not work:

When you search for files that contain text by using the A word or phrase in the file search criterion, the search results may not contain files that contain the text that you specified.

Reason:A filter component is not registered for the file type that contains the text that you specified, or the filter component ignored the text that you specified.

To resolve this problem add a Persistent Handler key in registry

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\PersistentHandler]
@="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"