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The network security folks are willing to grant a waiver to release the USB restriction, but this only makes the laptop less secure when travelling. The trick is to find an external optical drive that works through HID or something else without having to reduce security by turning off the mass...

Not trying to bypass a security measure. All manner of external devices are authorized except for USB sticks, but since the mass storage controller is disabled, this configuration unintentionally catches other devices.

Our managed network at work disables the USB mass storage controller to prevent USB sticks from mounting to Windows. This also prevents external optical drives from mounting to smaller laptops that don't already have an integrated drive. Where can I find an external optical drive that bypasses...