Re: PC NeWBie question re: USB peripherals and security
- From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:32:26 -0600
xtian wrote:
I'm using a public PC and trying to recharge my Razor phone via the
USB port without success. I can recharge my iPod.
My question, Since the iPod can REcharge and the Razor can't, can I
conclude that USB recharging can't be turNEd off in the OS (as IT
admin for a public machine is want to do)? Or, it follOws the iPod
driver is installed (on this Public Computer), or the USB driVE
feature negotiates in a way the Razor does not? Oddly XP does not
nAMe the iPod and only identifies it as an eXTernal USB Drive. The
Razor is naMEd in the security alert.
NB
x-post with XP DriVers
PC NeWBie question re: USB peripherals and security
It is more likely that the iPod doesn't require any special software and the
phone does. Many new phones require certain drivers be installed (software
even) to regulate the power from the USB port to the phone or the phone just
won't charge. Yours may be one of them.
Technically - I don't suggest you ever connect anything to a public computer
with your data on it. And anything you do connect to the public computer -
I would be extra careful connecting it to your computer at a later date.
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Shenan Stanley
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