[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] Watch for USB flash drives - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA
Mon, Oct 31 2011 9:36 bradley

Watch for USB flash drives

Error message when you start your computer with a non-system disk:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812492

When remotely patching, ensure that flash drives are not stuck in machines.  I nearly started tearing apart and replacing a hard drive on a workstation before I spotted a flash drive in the back causing the system not to boot.

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# re: Watch for USB flash drives

Monday, October 31, 2011 1:09 PM by Dean

Maybe you should set the BIOS on all your workstations to not boot from USB if they have that option.

# @Deano

Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:25 AM by Joe Raby

I usually just set the boot order to hard drive first, then network, then USB, then ODD (fastest to slowest).

Every system I've seen come along in the past couple of years has a boot selection override key anyway, and this method prevents users from having to skip through an extra step if they left that software DVD or USB stick in their drive.