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Creating a bootable thumb drive from Windows installation DVD
Microsoft was quite proud in their achievement that Windows 7 would be able to run on netbook-class hardware – something Vista truly struggled with. I have to agree with Microsoft’s boasting, as this was quite an accomplishment and the initial reports point to this as fact.
If your netbook came pre-installed with Windows XP, or worse [...]
Partition USB Thumb Drives with BootIt
Were you aware that Windows is unable to partition a USB thumb drive? It’s true, if the USB device is identified by Windows to be of the removable media type the flash drive will not show up in any of Windows partitioning tools. The obvious solution is to convince Windows that the drive is not [...]
Blocking Access to USB Ports
USB Thumb drives are prevalent in offices and homes alike mainly because they are a very convenient and easy way to move data from PC to PC. With great power and flexibility comes a measurable amount of responsibility. System Administrators are used to dealing with online security threats from viruses but many overlook the local [...]
Automatic USB Drive Desktop Shortcuts Creation
One of the usability niceties that Linux, Ubuntu in my particular experience, got correct is the handling of non-fixed storage devices or locations. That sounds a bit technical but I’m simply referring to things like USB thumb drives or networked drives. In Ubuntu, when a USB disk drive is attached to the system the device [...]
Vaccinate your USB Thumb Drive
In the early days of computing history viruses spread from system to system generally via the not-missed floppy drive. There Internet surely didn’t exist and most computers weren’t even networked together even though they resided in the same location. So this sneaker-net was the only way for malware to spread. Fast-forward to today, every type [...]
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