USB Device Problems
Can someone please explain to me, from a developers point of view, how a device is recognized when connected via USB?  Is the o/s constantly scanning or does the device provide some sort of output to tell the port that its active?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  11:56 AM
USB, USB connection, USB drive, USB ports

Mounting USB drive in Ubuntu
How can I mount a USB drive in Ubuntu or RedHat for read and write access? We need to copy log files to the thumb drive.

Answer Question   |  June 7, 2011  2:27 PM
Log files, RedHat, Ubuntu, USB drive, USB ports

Setting up Windows XP from USB drive
Dear Sir , I have a laptop wihtout  CD ROM . I want to install WIN  XP through USB in that laptop . MY uSB details are   Kingston  8 GB . I have tried to install through bartpe but when its booting from usb it is coming to the message of SETUP STARTING WINDOWS>> and [...]

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2011  7:17 AM
USB drive, Windows XP

How to remove Abrir on c:drive or usb drive?
Hi every1…need help.. I have an on going issue with our customer tryin to access usb drive, C:/drive, external HDD. When right click on drive for options, it gives you ”abrir” for first option instead of the default ”open”….(its not like you douple click on drive and lets you go straight through.) it tries to open in a search [...]

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2012  1:02 AM
USB drive, Window 7, Windows XP, Windows XP Error Messages

Free IT Book: Stealing the Network
This week’s free IT book is a little bit different than the ones we usually feature. Stealing the Network from Sygress contains fictional stories of real life possibilities meant to inspire security and technology pros alike to wonder and muse on the what ifs of security vulnerabilities. For a chance to win this thought-provoking series, [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2011  2:43 PM
Active Directory, Auditing (compliance), Giveaways, IT Books, Network security, Network Security Management, Outlook 2010, Routers, USB drive, Windows Server 2008

Locking down the USB & optical drives on Windows Server 2008 R2
Can we lock down the USB and Optical drives on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box for all users except the administrators group or even just the administrator?

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2011  2:32 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Optical Drives, USB drive, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server Security

Bootable USB drive with Windows 7 installation files
Can I create a bootable USB drive with Windows 7 installation files on it?

Answer Question   |  November 15, 2010  6:50 PM
USB drive, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 installation, Windows installation

USB drive virus on Windows XP SP2
when u earlier used to insert my pendrive in the usb port a virus called autorun.inf used to pop up and none of the folders used to be visible only their shortcuts were visible and they didn’t work. now the different files appear with different random icons though they stay in the same format. how [...]

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2010  5:28 PM
Anitvirus, AutoRun.inf Trojan, USB drive, Windows XP Security, Windows XP SP2

Windows flash drive formatting issue
I tried to format a flash drive in NTFS, but it seems to take forever to complete formatting. Is this normal? I also tried formatting the same flash drive in exFAT, which took much less time to complete. However, I can’t use the flash drive with my laptop because it doesn’t have exFAT as a [...]

Answer Question   |  January 30, 2012  2:07 PM
exFAT, File System, Flash drive, NTFS, Thumb Drive Formatting, USB drive, USB Flash drives

USB driver for win NT
Is there a way to get USB driver that wors in Windows NT? and were to get them

Answer Question   |  September 7, 2010  2:20 AM
USB drive, Windows NT

Setup IT USB drives to install/upgrade to Windows 7
Can I setup IT USB drives for the installation or upgrades to Windows 7? Can I protect the drives from being copied to another drive or used for anything other than installs? Can it log the number of installs to the drive?

Answer Question   |  September 1, 2010  1:48 PM
USB, USB drive, Windows 7, Windows 7 in 2010, Windows 7 installation, Windows 7 upgrade

Blocking USB drives or any removable media on Active Directory network
Can I block the use of USB drives or flash drives or any removable media on our active directory network across the board. We are using group policy but I do not know how to configure it.

Answer Question   |  November 14, 2011  1:51 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory security, Network security, Network Security Policies, USB devices, USB drive, USB security, Wireless in 2010

USB port security
I have a user that needs their USB port to be able to save data in their usb drive. For security purposes the usb drive is not able to save data into any usb drive but they are able to view data on a usb port. That was approved by corp and I need to know [...]

Answer Question   |  August 11, 2010  2:13 PM
USB, USB drive, USB port security, USB security, Windows XP