Advice me on how to turn off drive lock ?

Asked By Mich Baker 10 points N/A Posted on - 08/31/2012

Hi Experts,

I am currently having windows vista.I need to know how to turn off drive lock on my pc.I have heard it can be done going disk management.I think it will take 2-3 minutes but need exact steps to access disk management.Thanks.

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Mich Baker

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Answered By Kumay Edwards 5 points N/A #134168

Advice me on how to turn off drive lock ?

Folow these steps:

• Click on Start
• type in "gpedit.msc", a Group Policy Editor result will appear. Click on it.
• On the left side Find User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer
• On the right side you will now see a list of functions and tasks. In this list find the "Prevent access to drives from my computer"
• Double-Click on it and another dialog box will appear.
• In this box if Disabled is selected, you will have access to drives. If Enabled is selected then your drives will be locked.
• Choose your preference, click OK.

And that is it. You now know how to lock/unlock drives on your PC. This works for Vista as well as windows 7.

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