I have lots of clients who have group policies that disallow usb removable media for (most clients). Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: "Rick Glazier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:47:21 To:<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [H] Flash drive(s) Some people think U3 drives are a security risk, and they are starting to be blocked "certain places?" from being allowed to run their programs. Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" >I will soon receive several new USB 2GB flash drives (Crucial and Corsair). > They are all newest(?) technology, I believe. I suspect they may arrive > pre-formatted with "stuff" (programs) I may not wish or need to > use. Looking for the collectives thoughts here......... :) > > Should I immediately re-format (erase) the new FD's upon delivery before I > start to use them? > > I have been using a Crucial USB (v1.1) 256MB flash drive since Jan 2004. It > works completely as expected in the USB v2.0 environs of my current > clients. This FD is now essential to me in keeping my LAN clients > semi-neutral to on another, and, keeping critical data I choose NOT to > store on any of my clients. > I now depend on the FD more than the older floppy drives of old. > Unfortunately, I have NOT been able to completely walk away from the old > floppy drives yet. BIOS updates still seem to work better from a floppy > drive than from either a local (c:\) directory, or, from a Flash Drive. > But, I am still testing this function. In time, I believe the FD will > eventually kill off the old floppy drive; but, that is JMHO. > Best, > Duncan >
