It sometimes can be quite handy to start programs automatically when a new USB storage device is connected to the computer system. This can be an USB flash key or external hard drive. Applications that come to mind are automatic virus scans of the data on the drives or the start of True Crypt or [...]
USB Flash Drives Cleaner
USB Driver Fresher has been designed to clean USB flash drives automatically when they are plugged into the computer system the software program is running on. The program uses rules to automatically scan and clean files and folders on USB flash drives. There are several situations where this might come in handy. Some operating systems [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Aug 1st, 2009
- Comments: 20
Install VirtualBox with USB support
If you’ve installed VirtualBox as instructed in my tutorial “Install and configure VirtualBox for virtual OSes” you most likely have discovered that the open source edition of VirtualBox does not have USB support. In fact there are a few other features the open source edition does not offer that the closed-source edition does (such as [...]
- Author: Orrett Morgan
- Published: Jul 13th, 2009
- Comments: 10
Google Needs Standards Too
After taking a look at the latest set of devices and gadgets to make it to the market, one thing is becoming clear. We are in desperate need of some gadget standards. You know the type of standards we currently have for automobiles, such as every car uses between 12” and 20” tires. All have [...]
USB 3.0: What You Need To Know About SuperSpeed USB
USB 1.0 and USB 2.0 are serial bus standards that connect devices to computer systems. Most users probably know USB from devices like external hard drives, keyboards, mice but also mobile devices which are usually connected via USB to computer systems these days. USB 2.0, also known as Hi-Speed USB, was the first upgrade to [...]
USB Flash Drive Write Protection
System administrators might want to limit the use of external USB flash drives by making them read only. This can actually be useful in several situations like preventing users from copying local data to the external device or preventing malicious software from spreading on a computer network using those flash drives.
The Windows operating system has [...]
USB Flashdrive Benchmark
Check Flash is a small portable software program for Microsoft Windows operating systems that can be used to benchmark usb flashdrives. The application will automatically recognize connected removable media devices upon startup and provide the means to run benchmark tests to test their read and write speeds. It should be noted that the default test [...]