Enable USB that has been disabled via GPO

Save the following as a batch file and run as a local admin account:

REM
REM


icacls c:\Windows\inf\usbstor.inf /reset
icacls c:\Windows\inf\usbstor.pnf /reset
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies" /v WriteProtect /t REG_DWORD /d 00000000 /f


REM
REM
REM
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Note:
This will fix the installation of SP1 for Win7/2008r2 that fails because of usb being disabled.

Block USB drive using solidcore

Purpose: Disable usb flash drives from loading using solidcore.

Instructions
Step 1. Log into EPO

Step 2. Create a new rule group under Application Control

Step 3.

I like to name my rules starting with a . so user rules stay at the top

Step 4.

Edit the created rule

Step 5. 

Click the Binary tab and add 

Enter usbstor.sys as rule name and Name select Ban radio button and click ok

Click ok

Step 6. add this newly created rule to an existing policy that is being applied

bit for bit copy of usb flash drive free utiltiy

Found this free utility to create a bit by bit copy of a flash drive
http://www.osforensics.com/tools/write-usb-images.html

ImageUSB is a free utility which lets you write an image concurrently to multiple USB Flash Drives. Capable of creating exact bit-level copies of USB Flash Drive (UFDs), ImageUSB is an extremely effective tool for the mass duplication of UFDs. ImageUSB also supports writing of an ISO file byte by byte directly to an USB drive, useful in conversion of bootable CD/DVD iso to a bootable USB drive. ImageUSB can also be used to install OSFClone to a USB Drive for use with PassMark OSForensics™.

Download Link
http://www.osforensics.com/downloads/imageusb.zip

Download link if site is down
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24077962/imageusb.zip