Can you find out if someone else has been on your PC, has connected an external USB drive to it, and copied data from it to the drive? Tools like USBDeview tell you which USB devices have been connected in the past. The program even tells you when a device has been connected to a [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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USB Manager, Manage USB Device Types
USB is currently the most popular way of connecting external devices to the computer. The majority of external storage devices, printers, scanners, audio devices with built in sound chips and other peripherals are connected via USB to the PC. You sometimes may want to prevent that other people connect USB devices to your PC, for [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Free USB Guard, Never Forget Your USB Flash Drive Again
It is pretty easy to forget to remove an USB Flash drive or stick from a computer system on shutdown. Some devices are that small that it is easy to overlook them when shutting down a computer. While that’s not a big issue at home, it can very well be one if you happen to [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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Apple to pioneer USB Drive Software
I’vee been waiting patiently for this moment for years and it comes as no surprise to me that it’s Apple leading innovation in the software sales market. The company launched their new OS X Lion operating system update as a download through the new Mac App Store. What they also announced however was that this [...]
- Author: Melanie Gross
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USB Accessories Support on Android
In the recent past the Android users have been facing problems accessing the USB port efficiently for configuring their accessories to the Android powered phones or tablets. To solve these problems Android developers announced an all new Android Open Accessory API which permits the Android devices running on Android 3.1 or 2.3.4 to connect to [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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USB Dummy Protect, Create Fake Files To Block Viruses
Question: How can you protect USB devices like sticks or drives from being infected with computer viruses? Some users are lucky enough to have USB devices that have write protection switches, just like floppy drives had back in the good old days. They just need to pull the switch to write protect their devices. Modern [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How To Enable Write Protection Of USB Devices Under Windows
You have probably seen the following scenario in multiple thriller and spy movies; A spy connects an USB stick to a computer to copy data from the computer to the device. Movies do not necessarily reflect reality but there is some truth to this scenario after all. It is indeed possible to connect an USB [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Find Out How Much Power USB Devices Need
Each USB port can provide power to connected devices. This is not always necessary, especially if those devices have their own external power supply. But some devices need the power provided by the USB port to function or reload batteries. A problem with this is that USB ports can only supply a maximum of 500 [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
- Comments: 3
European Mobile Charger Agreement Comes into Force Today
A voluntary agreement by all the major mobile phone manufacturers comes into force today in the EU, and because of the way phones are manufactured these days it’s bound to very quickly have positive repercussions around the world. Under the agreement, all new phones announced from today for sale in the EU will have a [...]
