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See non present devices in Device manager (XP)

By indi on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 | No Comments

When I’m troubleshooting a Windows XP machine, I find myself almost always going into Device Manager to check the status of hardware devices. But what if you want to find out information about devices that aren’t connected eg USB based devices? Try this: 1. Go to Start, right-click My Computer, and select Properties. 2. In [...]

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Sawed off USB key

By indi on Saturday, April 19th, 2008 | No Comments

WTF? Here’s a cool project I found that uses one of those slimline USB keys and a USB cable to make a cool and unique USB drive that you hopefully won’t lose. There’s no real point to doing this other than to kill some time customizing your computer gear. It certainly look unique. Here’s the [...]

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Charge batteries via USB?

By indi on Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 | No Comments

Just about every kind of gadget that plugs into your USB port has been invented – well I thought it had until I saw this. These looks like normal batteries until the head comes off and reveals a USB plug, which you then plug into your computer’s USB port to charge them up. Check it [...]

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Portable Apps

By indi on Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 | No Comments

With the advent of USB/pen drives, more and more people are using these devices for personal file and media storage – because it’s portable. But there is more than you can use your USB drive for. How many times have you used someone’s computer and found they don’t use the same applications as you do? [...]

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