DeviceLock Security Policies (Offline Profile) : Managing Offline Security Policies for Devices : Managing Offline USB Devices White List : Defining and editing offline USB Devices White List
  
Defining and editing offline USB Devices White List
To define and edit the offline USB Device White List
1. If using DeviceLock Management Console, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Management Console and connect it to the computer running DeviceLock Service.
b) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Service Settings Editor, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Service Settings Editor.
b) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Group Policy Manager, do the following:
a) Open Group Policy Object Editor.
b) In the console tree, expand Computer Configuration, and then expand DeviceLock.
2. Expand Devices.
3. Under Devices, do one of the following:
Right-click USB Devices White List, and then click Manage Offline.
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Select USB Devices White List, and then click Manage Offline on the toolbar.
The USB Devices White List (Offline) dialog box appears.
4. In the upper pane of the USB Devices White List (Offline) dialog box, under USB Devices Database, click USB Devices Database.
The USB Devices Database dialog box appears.
In the upper pane of the USB Devices Database dialog box, under Available USB Devices, you can view the devices that are currently plugged in.
To view all devices ever plugged into USB ports on the computer, click Show all devices. To view available devices on a remote computer, click Remote Computer.
The Remote Computer button is unavailable when the management console is connected to the local computer.
5. In the upper pane of the USB Devices Database dialog box, under Available USB Devices, select the device you want to add to the USB Devices White List, and then click Add.
The device that you added is displayed under USB Devices Database in the lower pane of the dialog box.
 
Note: You can add a device to the USB Devices White List only after you add this device to the USB Devices Database.
The same USB Devices Database is used for both the regular and offline USB Devices White List.
To delete a device from the USB Devices Database, in the lower pane of the USB Devices Database dialog box, under USB Devices Database, do one of the following:
Select the device, and then click Delete.
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Right-click the device, and then click Delete.
Devices are not deleted automatically from the white list after you delete them from the USB Devices Database.
To edit a device’s description, in the lower pane of the USB Devices Database dialog box, under USB Devices Database, select the device, and then click Edit.
If you change a device’s description in the USB Database, the following behavior occurs: The device will have its old description in the white list if it has already been added to the white list.
6. Click OK or Apply.
The device that you added to the USB Devices Database is displayed under USB Devices Database in the upper pane of the USB Devices White List (Offline) dialog box.
7. In the lower-left pane of the USB Devices White List (Offline) dialog box, under Users, click Add.
The Select Users or Groups dialog box appears.
8. In the Select Users or Groups dialog box, in the Enter the object names to select box, type the names of the users or groups for which you want to define the USB Devices White List, and then click OK.
The users and groups that you added are displayed under Users in the lower-left pane of the USB Devices White List (Offline) dialog box.
To delete a user or group, in the lower-left pane of the USB Devices White List (Offline) dialog box, under Users, select the user or group, and then click Delete or press the DELETE key.
9. In the lower-left pane of the USB Devices White List (Offline) dialog box, under Users, select the user or group.
You can select multiple users or groups by holding down the SHIFT key or the CTRL key while clicking them.
10. In the upper pane of the USB Devices White List (Offline) dialog box, under USB Devices Database, select the device you want to add to the white list for the selected user or group, and then click Add.
You can select multiple devices by holding down the SHIFT key or the CTRL key while clicking them.
The devices that you added to the white list are displayed under Devices in the lower-right pane of the dialog box.
To delete a device from the white list for the selected user or group, in the lower-right pane of the USB Devices White List (Offline) dialog box, under Devices, do the following:
Select the device, and then click Delete.
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Right-click the device, and then click Delete.
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Select the device, and then press the DELETE key.
To edit a device’s description, in the lower-right pane of the USB Devices White List (Offline) dialog box, under Devices, do the following:
Select the device, and then click Edit.
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Right-click the device, and then click Edit.
11. Click OK or Apply.