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Computer Question Number U3

Ralph Baer

Ralph Baer

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I have a SanDisk thumb drive (8GB, if it makes a difference) that contains U3 software with password protection. I suspect that the password protection can easily be defeated, but that isn't the question here.

It works fine on my home computer (Windows XP). I insert the thumb drive and the software asks for my password. There is a problem, however, on my work computer (Vista). For security reasons, we have had to turn off auto-run programs. Thus, the thumb drive software doesn't run. I figured that I could just run the software by executing the file, but I get an error message and can't access the files.

If I turn the password protection off (on my home computer, of course), I can access the files at work although I still get an error message.

Does anyone know how I can execute the software so that it asks for my password on a computer that has auto-run disabled?
 
Re: Computer Question Number U3

Ralph Baer said:
I have a SanDisk thumb drive (8GB, if it makes a difference) that contains U3 software with password protection. I suspect that the password protection can easily be defeated, but that isn't the question here.

It works fine on my home computer (Windows XP). I insert the thumb drive and the software asks for my password. There is a problem, however, on my work computer (Vista). For security reasons, we have had to turn off auto-run programs. Thus, the thumb drive software doesn't run. I figured that I could just run the software by executing the file, but I get an error message and can't access the files.

If I turn the password protection off (on my home computer, of course), I can access the files at work although I still get an error message.

Does anyone know how I can execute the software so that it asks for my password on a computer that has auto-run disabled?
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There should be an autorun.exe or autorun.inf file on the thumb drive. If it's the .inf file, open it in notepad to see what file needs to be executed to bring up the password prompt. There may be one or two files listed in the .inf, one might be a "setup.exe" that will install something. Probably not what you want to run, but I can't be sure without seeing the file.

If it's autorun.exe, just run it.
 
Re: Computer Question Number U3

MikeAnderson said:
There should be an autorun.exe or autorun.inf file on the thumb drive. If it's the .inf file, open it in notepad to see what file needs to be executed to bring up the password prompt. There may be one or two files listed in the .inf, one might be a "setup.exe" that will install something. Probably not what you want to run, but I can't be sure without seeing the file.

If it's autorun.exe, just run it.
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It's autorun.inf containing the following code:

Code: 
[AutoRun] 
open=LaunchU3.exe -a
icon=LaunchU3.exe,0
action=Run U3 Launchpad

[Definitions]
Launchpad=LaunchPad.exe
Vtype=2

[CopyFiles]
FileNumber=1
File1=LaunchPad.zip

[Update]
URL=http://u3.sandisk.com/download/lp_installer.asp?custom=1.6.1.2&brand=PelicanBFG


[Comment]
brand=PelicanBFG

I had tried simply executing LaunchU3.exe and that brings up an error message.
 
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Re: Computer Question Number U3

Ralph Baer said:
I had tried simply executing LaunchU3.exe and that brings up an error message.
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Did you try running it from the command window so you can include the "-a" flag, or did you just double click it in Windows explorer? I don't know if that will make any difference - just something to try.
 
Re: Computer Question Number U3

LynahFan said:
Did you try running it from the command window so you can include the "-a" flag, or did you just double click it in Windows explorer? I don't know if that will make any difference - just something to try.
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I just double clicked on it. I'll try that tomorrow after I turn the password feature back on at home.
 
Re: Computer Question Number U3

LynahFan said:
Did you try running it from the command window so you can include the "-a" flag, or did you just double click it in Windows explorer? I don't know if that will make any difference - just something to try.
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It didn't work from the command prompt with the "-a" flag added. I got the same error message.
 
Re: Computer Question Number U3

Ralph Baer said:
I have a SanDisk thumb drive (8GB, if it makes a difference) that contains U3 software with password protection. I suspect that the password protection can easily be defeated, but that isn't the question here.

It works fine on my home computer (Windows XP). I insert the thumb drive and the software asks for my password. There is a problem, however, on my work computer (Vista). For security reasons, we have had to turn off auto-run programs. Thus, the thumb drive software doesn't run. I figured that I could just run the software by executing the file, but I get an error message and can't access the files.

If I turn the password protection off (on my home computer, of course), I can access the files at work although I still get an error message.

Does anyone know how I can execute the software so that it asks for my password on a computer that has auto-run disabled?
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I had a similar thumb drive and I just deleted all that auto-run crap, since it's pretty much useless to me and I got sick of the errors when I wasn't using XP.

Also, I'm pretty sure you can play around with the folder encryption (right click on folder, then click "security" tab) to get the password protection you need, but I'm not 100% sure how that works in regards to thumb drives and switching between OS's.
 
Re: Computer Question Number U3

crazypotatoes said:
I had a similar thumb drive and I just deleted all that auto-run crap, since it's pretty much useless to me and I got sick of the errors when I wasn't using XP.

Also, I'm pretty sure you can play around with the folder encryption (right click on folder, then click "security" tab) to get the password protection you need, but I'm not 100% sure how that works in regards to thumb drives and switching between OS's.
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The security tab only seems to appear on a hard drive, not on a thumb drive.
 
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