Use WMI to detect a USB drive was connected, regardless of whether it was mounted?
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I am writing a script that uses MS KB 823732 to temporarily prevent users from plugging in new USB storage devices. This works fine, and the HKLM\...\Services\UsbStor registry key successfully blocks newly-connected devices from being accessed.
Is there a WMI event that will tell me that a drive was connected, regardless of whether it was mounted?
I tried querying for __InstanceCreationEvent but that is apparently raised only after the drive is mounted and made available, which doesn't fit my requirements.
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