Mundy

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/16306.html - article describing how to give non administrator users the ability to install USB mass storage devices. Basically give write access to the %WINSYS%\\inf\\usbstor.inf

Unfortunately it doesn't seem possible to allow non-administrative users the ability to install USB devices. Sometimes it will work, sometimes not. It has to do with signed drivers, devices that aren't WHL compatible, devices that don't have a unique identifier tying them to a driver, etc. There is a list of requirements Windows requires for a device to be installed non-interactively, they call it server side install, using the Plug&Play service. If it doesn't meet these requirements a client-side or non-interactive install is done, and there's no way to allow non-administrative accounts the rights to do this install. See following link for more info:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22usb+expert%22&hl=en&lr=&selm=b19ae32f.0409240953.66c44cd9%40posting.google.com&rnum=6

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