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Why can't use KEYPlease research the 5 W's; What, When, Where, Why, & Who as these will assist you greatly in learning how to convey a complete (thought) story.-fhyang (July 21, 2008, 06:16 PM)
Stoic Joker: if there's nothing to install, how do you access the encrypted part of the thumbdrive, then?Man I'd love to be able to answer that, but I didn't design the damn thing...-f0dder (July 18, 2008, 03:17 PM)
Wouldn't an encrypted ThumbDrive be simpler?Does anyone know of an application like this which allows encrypted drives to be transported and opened on a system via a thumb drive?TrueCrypt can do this if you use container files rather than direct partition encryption - but it does require installing a driver on the host computer, obviously requiring admin privileges. Iirc there's also a CodeProject or SourceForge project for dealing with container files directly?, probably require use of FAT32 filesystem though (but that's fine for smallish container files).-Josh (July 17, 2008, 07:05 PM)-f0dder (July 17, 2008, 07:17 PM)
When I saw the title I immediately assumed it referred to a replacement for the Windows Task Manager, which is really a process manager. I guess that's what happens when you're a developerDon't feel bad, I went there too.-MrCrispy (July 14, 2008, 03:04 PM)
Sure there are proper uses for it, it just the wild-eyed peek-a-boo crap that irks me...and stashing a complete OS in a sneeky looking Uber hidden partition sounds like a 5 star way of ending up in the body cavity search express lane.Spiffy encryption widgets make you look interesting enough to poke around a bit, if that turns up anything your screwed. The first two guys you talk to, won't be that (IT) bright ... But the third guy that shows up...-Stoic Joker (July 08, 2008, 06:57 PM)
While it may be true that using encryption makes you look interesting to customs (or whatever agency you're dealing with), it really shouldn't be. I use encryption on my portable devices simply because the device could get lost or stolen and I don't want to have whoever might be on the receiving end to get access to that data (some of which isn't even mine - it belongs to my employer). I'd hope that this would be the more usual case, but given the news stories that pop up about lost/stolen devices with sensitive data it seems that this is not true (yet).-mwb1100 (July 08, 2008, 09:04 PM)
Stoic Joker: doing the ADS thing only helps if you're trying to smuggle contraband - it's not feasible for regular data files that you need to use daily, programs, etc. If I had to go to the .us for work-related reasons, I'd have to bring a laptop full of reverse-engineering tools and other things that would probably look suspicious to customs. ADS wouldn't help me there, but a hidden OS partition would, since I could just boot an inconspicuous XP to sjov them that everything is hunky-dory.
Also, Justice's ADS link is outdated, with XP taskmgr was upgraded to show which stream of a file that's executed, so suddenly that trick stands out like a naked drag queen in the oval office. Or more, probably.
PS: encryption is only one of the benefits of VPNs - the main advantage is of course that you can refrain from punching any public holes through from the internet to your LAN, except for VPN... and still be able to access the LAN from home/whatever, as if you were inside your corporate building. Obviously you need strong password policies (and certificates for anything serious) for the VPN.-f0dder (July 08, 2008, 08:35 AM)
justice: you'd notice it yourself because your partitions would obviously be resizedOr you could skip all the overhead that comes with encryption and stash 4GB of anything in an Alternate Data Stream under a text file containing a recipe for a chocolate cherry bunt cake. If you don't stand out, and at first glance your puter is boaring, next...-f0dder (July 07, 2008, 08:13 AM)
I can't count the number of times this thing saved my ass (Laptop to IDE Hard Drive Adapter) http://www.cablestog...id=906&sku=17705 ...I use it for everything from bug-zapping to data recovery ... Recovery of shakey laptop drive in USB enclosure == Bad Plan...of course if all else fails you could install the drive in another machine, and use the installed (and current) AV tools on that machine...-Target (July 02, 2008, 07:46 PM)
This exactly what I did last week with my old laptop! I had a bunch of 2.5 enclosures lying around... Finally it was a bad RAM stick. Anyhow : it's probably the easiest solution if possible -- instead of hunting for ISOs etc.-Armando (July 02, 2008, 08:58 PM)
Stoic Joker: For people who never switch theirs PCs off it's not safer. In contrary, if you don't intentionally open the shutdown dialog, you'll never know such an update is waiting to be performed!The default settings are set up for the main stream user that treat their computers like any other appliance (e.g. TV is turned off when the show is over...). People that leave their comps on 24/7 (like me) turn off the auto-rebooting defaults to avoid loosing information from large projects that are left open. Both of the other Win update options flag the user from the system tray about the existance of any updates that are available.-yksyks (June 25, 2008, 08:15 PM)
I believe that is an arguement that reality proves again and again to be false. Artists will always create, it's what they do. If you need convincing just look to opensource software.Agreed - People who like to create do so for the shear joy of it. It's the ones that like to create things to sell that are producing the rush to market crapware that we all abhor.
What the world no longer needs is the leeches like the music industry which produce nothing themselves, but simply 'manage' the artists works.-Eóin (June 25, 2008, 11:39 AM)
one of the things newegg has done for me before (don't remember if i requested or they suggested), is send me a new one before i even sent old back, by charging me and then auto-refunding when they get back the rma one.It's an option on the request RMA form, I did it once with an Asus Commando motherboard (no support calls required) that died a week after I got it. Actually as I recall, they just kept the card info "on record" and never charged it because I got the Mboard back within the 2 week grace period.-mouser (June 24, 2008, 03:29 AM)
aeron chari = $1000Damn Straight (and well worth it) If you're planning to be sitting in it for 16hrs at a time. I'm not sure what the wife paid for the one I got for Christmas but I think it was in the $300 range, and that was after a good-buddy discount during a half-off last year's inventory sale.
for a chair !??!?!!?-mouser (March 22, 2006, 06:34 AM)