Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/ 2008-12-03T21:39:21-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-07-05T04:28:36-05:00 Jules http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/?o=20#539640 Thanks John<br /> Searched - found Rimax luggage alarm - key ring size (would be ideal), but no suppliers. Amazon says out of stock and no ETA.<br /> Ah well, its back to the lanyard around the leg again. text/html 2008-07-03T11:44:26-05:00 john albrich http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/?o=20#539479 Jules said: <div class="quote">...John - Tell me where to get one of those lost luggage thingo's.</div><br /> Probably Sharper Image, or some airline magazine, or travel store. You might search on &quot;wireless luggage alarm&quot; or something like that. I <i>know</i> mine was under US$30 and I think I got it from &quot;The Discovery Store&quot; some years back. Rimax makes one, but it's considerably bulkier than the one I have. If I can find mine, I'll post the name.<br /> <br /> <br /> edit to add-might also search under &quot;wireless laptop alarms&quot; (and/or computer instead of laptop) text/html 2008-07-03T09:17:09-05:00 Jules http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/?o=20#539475 Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha <br /> Yep - you've got the picture.<br /> John - Tell me where to get one of those lost luggage thingo's<br /> . text/html 2008-07-01T22:58:09-05:00 Gerritt http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/?o=20#539329 John,<br /> I've not tried your script yet, but couldn't you have it as a part of the autorun script ON the Flash Drive? Even if you don't log off, you could actually have it pop on insertion, and set reminders every 30mins/hour, or other timeframe so you'd be continually notified of the insertion the entire time you are running on a client system?<br /> It could be further modified to include the nbnames of your &quot;home&quot; systems so the popup does not occure at all. text/html 2008-07-01T20:37:55-05:00 McFly http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/?o=20#539319 <div class="quote"><b>john albrich</b> <i>Jul 01, 2008, 03:06am PDT</i><br /> Didn't I just see virtually identical post the day before? <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile5.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":P" title=":P"> <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile4.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=";)" title=";)"></div><br /> Oh. <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile5.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":P" title=":P"> I usually only read the first post or two before I hit reply. <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile12.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":blush:" title=":blush:"> text/html 2008-07-01T13:07:04-05:00 Dragon Peaceful http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/#539305 john albrich said: <div class="quote">...No tripping, and no thumbdrives flying through the air whacking customers in the eye...bad for bizness.</div><br /> LOL <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile4.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=";)" title=";)"> Or yanking your cust's laptop off the table... yikes!<br /> <br /> text/html 2008-07-01T10:14:47-05:00 john albrich http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/#539299 Jules said: <div class="quote">...Now I carry my flash disks on lanyards and tie them all together, and have a long lead attached that I put around my leg when using them - so I cannot walk away without noticing....</div><br /> <br /> You could get one of those &quot;straying&quot; luggage warning beepers. You tie the transmitter (about size of a match-book) to your thumbdrive, and you keep a small receiver (like a thick credit card) in your pocket. When you walk more than about 10 feet from the thumbdrive, the receiver &quot;beeps&quot; at you. I think they cost about US$25.<br /> <br /> No tripping, and no thumbdrives flying through the air whacking customers in the eye...bad for bizness.<br /> text/html 2008-07-01T10:06:16-05:00 john albrich http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/#539298 McFly said: <div class="quote">TrueCrypt is perfect for situations like this, as long as you have it installed (or are able to install it) on all the computers that you want to be able to access the files on. (ie, you can't use a TC drive on a public-access computer where you have no admin access to install the driver ... although if an admin was kind enough to install TC for you then you can use it).<br /> <br /> It's possible that somebody simply popped it in to quickly see if there was any owner information on there so that they could call you to recover it.</div><br /> Didn't I just see virtually identical post the day before? <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile5.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":P" title=":P"> <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile4.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=";)" title=";)"><br /> <a class="ext" href="/content/topic/71824/#538727" target="_blank">http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/#538727</a> text/html 2008-07-01T09:23:04-05:00 Jules http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/#539294 Only when I havn't pulled them out when walking away<br /> (Oh how the mind boggles) &lt;smile&gt; text/html 2008-07-01T09:20:00-05:00 john albrich http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/#539293 You could write a really easy and simple script that runs when you shutdown the computer. It could pop-up a window to remind you to remove the thumbdrive(s). Of course, it only works when you shutdown the computer but it's better than nothing. If you're at someone else's computer, you also want to de-activate the reminder before you leave. It's a little extra work, but at least you will get a reminder. <br /> <br /> <div class="quote"><b>Create Logoff Reminder Instructions</b><br /> (idea from <a class="ext" target="_blank" href="/action/r/http://lifehacker.com">lifehacker.com</a>--I've modified the instructions and added more step-by-step details)<br /> <br /> 1. Type what you want to say in your reminder into a .vbs file.<br /> Example content of a thumbdrive-reminder script (use notepad to create file)<br /> <i>WScript.Echo &quot;HEY! Remember your frikkn thumbdrive and stuff!&quot;</i><br /> <br /> 2. In XP, you save the file here:<br /> <i>C:\WINDOWS\system32\GroupPolicy\User\Scripts\Logoff\thumbdrive-reminder.vbs</i><br /> <br /> 3. Then execute Start&gt;&gt;Run, type gpedit.msc and hit Enter<br /> <br /> 4. When the &quot;Group Policy Editor&quot; window pops-up, select<br /> UserConfiguration&gt;&gt;WindowsSettings&gt;&gt;Scripts(logon/logoff)&gt;&gt;Logoff<br /> <br /> 5. When that window opens, click the &quot;Add Script&quot; button and then select your thumbdrive-reminder.vbs file. (If the file is not listed, then you stored it in the wrong location)</div><br /> <br /> <br /> edit-added the detailed instructions to create a logoff reminder file text/html 2008-07-01T08:40:48-05:00 Tam the Bam http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/#539285 Sado! <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile5.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":P" title=":P"><br /> <br /> Are you tellin me you use <i>safely remove hardware</i> to unplug your stick?<br /> text/html 2008-07-01T08:34:28-05:00 Jules http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/#539284 Now quite about protection but similar.<br /> I am very good at leaving my flash disks plugged into other folk's machines (after using the utilities I have on them). Then half way back to base I remember, phone, return, and the person has pulled the flash disk without first stopping it (Argggg....).<br /> Now I carry my flash disks on lanyards and tie them all together, and have a long lead attached that I put around my leg when using them - so I cannot walk away without noticing Ha ha. text/html 2008-06-24T20:00:27-05:00 Dragon Peaceful http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/#538757 Thanks guys for all your comments. Let's hope that the people work in the restaurant are honest people, and whoever look at the drive, like many of you said, just to check who it's belonging to.<br /> <br /> McFly said: <div class="quote">TrueCrypt is perfect for situations like this, as long as you have it installed (or are able to install it) on all the computers that you want to be able to access the files on. (ie, <b>you can't use a TC drive on a public-access computer where you have no admin access to install the driver </b>... although if an admin was kind enough to install TC for you then you can use it)...</div><br /> <br /> That's the thing man, I don't have full admin in my work computer. I highly doubt they will allow me for installing TC, don't even wanna ask. <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile4.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=";)" title=";)"> That's the reason I used a &quot;naked&quot; drive. It was intended for portable apps and unimportant data, until I got lazy and keep dumping stuffs in there. <br /> <br /> FordGT90Concept said: <div class="quote">Did you look at the last accessed date/time stamps? It would tell you what they opened so long as you didn't open them after they did.</div><br /> <br /> The file that I mentioned &quot;ehthumbs_vista.db&quot; was created the same date when the drive was dropped. I didn't checked the other files, and it's a bit late now, since I opened most of them to see what information I may have lost, the access date could already be changed by me.<br /> <br /> DublinGunner said: <div class="quote">I use an OCZ MiniKart as my portable drive. Its small, and credit card thin, so fits in my wallet no problem...</div><br /> <br /> That's a good idea! Inside the wallet is definitely harder to drop it by accident. Key chain, like Gerritt said, is another way. Though, am not very fond of hanging a drive on my neck.<br /> <br /> DublinGunner said: <div class="quote">...But yes, lesson here is encryption is essential, especially for anything with personal info, or eh, 'personal' pictures lol </div><br /> <br /> Nah, it's nothing in that nature. No 'personal' pictures in the drive, LOL <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile4.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=";)" title=";)"> Civilized pictures only.<br /> <br /> <br /> Edit to add: Turned out I do have enough privilege to use Truecrypt in portable mode. It Rocks! It does leave behind registry traces, even though it's not installed. I can't believe a tiny 2MB (download size) program can be so powerful!<br /> text/html 2008-06-24T17:30:27-05:00 McFly http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/#538747 TrueCrypt is perfect for situations like this, as long as you have it installed (or are able to install it) on all the computers that you want to be able to access the files on. (ie, you can't use a TC drive on a public-access computer where you have no admin access to install the driver ... although if an admin was kind enough to install TC for you then you can use it).<br /> <br /> It's possible that somebody simply popped it in to quickly see if there was any owner information on there so that they could call you to recover it. text/html 2008-06-24T12:23:28-05:00 Super XP http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71824/#538739 The last thing anybody wants to do is lose their flash drive.