Question : Apply regedit change via group policy

Hi all,

I am trying to set up a group policy whereby 50 of 54 PCs have been disabled from using USB Storage devices.
I have found a way to deactivate it via regedit:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\USBSTOR] and changing the value of "Start" from 3 to 4 and that disables any use of a USB Stick/Device.

Now my issue is I don't know how to deploy this via group policy. I know how to set group policy in general but I can't with this regedit.
From what I understand I will need to deploy it via a startup script, however scripting is not anywhere near my strong point so I was wondering if anyone could help me out?

Thanks.

Answer : Apply regedit change via group policy

This is very easy.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555324

The above is a support article that explains how to use a GPO Administrative Template to update registry keys.

I've used it and it is very effective.

Using a startup script will work but is the dirty way of doing it.