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If you uninstalled USB hubs and cannot use keyboard and mouse

I am surprised how irresponsible some sites can be, suggesting a fresh install of USB drivers after uninstalling the current ones! If you uninstall your USB hubs, you won’t be able to use your mouse and keyboard — and especially your keyboard is necessary to login (write your pin or password) and install new drivers […]

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Make your USB flash drives read only, even providing a public folder, with Elgindy USB Protector

Elgindy USB Protector is a free utility that lets you secure your removable drives by making their contents “read only” — no one will be able to delete, modify or even add new files in your drives, unless you provide also some public folder that the program is also able to create. The interface is […]

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Multi-boot from a USB drive, even with UEFI support, using Easy2Boot portable

Easy2Boot is a free portable tool that lets you transform a USB drive into a multi-boot environment. Note that the program comes without a graphical interface; if you don’t like working with command lines, just ignore it. Easy2Boot provides satisfactory documentation, which means that even if you are not familiar with command line arguments, you […]

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Copy & paste text from your PC to your phone over USB easily

Especially if you prefer to avoid writing SMS when your message already exists on your PC, it would be nice to copy from your PC and paste your text as a new message on your phone, even if you don’t have a WiFi connection, just by using a USB port. The task is extremely easy. […]

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Multiply a USB drive in as many clones as you like, with ImageUSB

ImageUSB is a free, easy to use and efficient program that will let you create any number of identical USB drives using an image. The program supports exact-bit copying to reproduce a USB accurately en mass. You can use also ImageUSB to arm a USB drive with OSFClone, in case you are after drive analysis […]

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Prevent file changes, disable auto run, even disallow connection of USB drives, with USB Write Protect

This free and light program will let you disable writing on any connected USB drive on your computer, and of course enable it again whenever you like. Why would you like to disable writing? Perhaps to avoid damages to your files from friends or kids, or even yourself, when you are using programs you don’t […]

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Prevent copying to USB drives, with USB Locker

USB Locker is a small and effective free program that will let you enable or disable any USB drives on your computer. You can use USB Locker to prevent unauthorized copying of your files into USB drives. However, you should not consider this as an absolute method of protecting your data. Download USB Locker

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Open any file of a USB drive automatically, even as Windows starts, using USB AutoRunner

With USB AutoRunner you can have applications or documents autorun when you insert your USB device. For example, you can auto-run your Contacts, To Do List, PowerPoint, Excel files, a picture, video, music files or playlists, whatever you may want the user of this device to see first. Optionally it can launch when Windows starts. […]

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Inspect your USB hubs and devices for errors, with USB Device Tree Viewer

If you believe your USB hubs and controllers may have problems or you just need information about them, USB Device Tree Viewer is a light and free but powerful utility able to give you all the details, even what device is connect to what USB port, which makes very easy for you to make you […]

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If a USB device disconnects and reconnects all the time

It may happen that you connect a USB device, a disk, a phone, whatever, and after a while is disconnected and again connected automatically, without you doing anything at all. Perhaps there is a motherboard problem, but you can try first these solutions which are easy and fast. Most of the times the problem is […]

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