Comments on: Thumbs down for thumb drives?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:50:28 +0000

Fortunately the Operating Systems coming out down the road should have the ability to block thumb drives. Better late than never, eh?

By: David Tebbutt

David Tebbutt — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:13:38 +0000

Thanks for the eloquent response. Thank you.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:02:55 +0000

Should also say though that it doesn’t seem to improve shutting down speeds. I still have to wait what feels like hours for the screen to finally go black. I could have rebooted my XP laptop that has half the ram and be working away in the time it takes to close down my Vista one.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:36:56 +0000

And this will explain how to do it Windows Readyboost

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:24:40 +0000

It’s called Readyboost. If you put a flash drive in and wait for the autorun to pop up there should be an option to start it. This should explain better http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost

By: David Tebbutt

David Tebbutt — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:25:32 +0000

Ooh. Do tell us more. (I presume some readers have Vista.)

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:56:53 +0000

One positive for them that I only found out a few weeks ago is that you can use them to boost your Vista performance.