Device control blocks or allows three types of device on this computer: storage, network, and short range.

Storage

• Removable storage devices (for example, USB flash drives, PC Card readers, and external hard disk drives)
• Optical media drives (CD-ROM/DVD/Blu-ray drives)
• Floppy disk drives
• Secure removable storage devices (for example, hardware-encrypted USB flash drives)

Network

• Modems
• Wireless (Wi-Fi interfaces, 802.11 standard)

The device control policy for this computer may be in Block bridged mode, which disables wireless or modem network adapters when the computer is connected to a physical network (typically through an Ethernet connection). Once the computer is disconnected from the physical network, the wireless or modem network adapters are seamlessly re-enabled.

Short range

• Bluetooth interfaces
• Infrared (IrDA infrared interfaces)

Media

• MTP/PTP