Some new USB devices such as ADSL cable modems, SATA HDD drives, ZIP Drives, External CDROMs are hotplug devices. A hotplug device means that you can remove the device any time without switching off the computer. If you want to remove the device, click the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray (a small green arrow near the clock). It's possible that you never unplug this device. So how do you get rid of the icon? Try Icon Remover!
USBDeview is a small utility that lists all USB devices that currently connected to your computer, as well as all USB devices that you previously used. For each USB device, exteneded information is displayed: Device name/description, device type, serial number (for mass storage devices), the date/time that device was added, VendorID, ProductID, and more...
Portable Offline Browser is an offline browser/downloader. It can be installed to a Flash/USB drive and run directly from it. You can plug the drive with the installed Portable Offline Browser into any Windows system and use it with no need to adjust settings. All your Projects and downloaded files will be there! And when you unplug, none of your personal data is left behind.
A new solution for those who often use different USB devices. As it's quite gangerous to unplug a USB device without any precautions (some important info can be damaged) QuickUnplug allows you to safely remove any USB device without routine. The tool is unique: you can safely unplug USB devices via ommand line as well as via GUI. Besides it displays the disks on the USB device that has been plugged in. Use QuickUnplug to be on the safe side!
Increase your Windows security level. Protect & Lock your PC & your files by turning your existing removable device (USB drive, MP3 player...) into a secure key. At last a highly secure login software for Windows designed for human beings. When you plug your storage device into your PC you are identified and logged in. When you unplug it, the PC is locked. You can add additional security questions (N-Factor authentication).
