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[Solved] has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP

One of our readers was facing this problem that when connecting the pen drive Windows came up with this error message that “The software you are installing for this hardware: “name” has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP”

This message can be easily disabled as this is the message that [...]

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Free USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows

It had happened several times to me that my USB Pen Drive gets a different volume name every time I connect it to the computer. Though it do not create any problems while operating but it would have been better if the drive gets a unique and same name each time it gets connected.
The USB [...]

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Disable Autorun.inf Creation in USB Pen Drives

Autorun.inf is the popular file created by the viruses in the USB Flash drives which is used by them to spread across different storage media.
It is the first file that gets created in the pen drives as soon as the drive is inserted in the system having viruses. Thus it is for sure that if [...]

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Steps to Safely Remove USB Drive when Icon is missing

I came across many computers in which after connecting the pen drive I found that there was no safely remove icon and thus I came across no option to safely remove my drive.

Although the USB drive does not require safely removal but it is always better to use this option. So if it is also [...]

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Delete Virus from USB Pen Drive automatically with iKill

USB Drives are the primary cause of spread of viruses. There are so many viruses that use Pen Drive as a media to infect other computers.
It is also very difficult to safeguard our self from each of them as the chances of getting infected by a virus is always there; no matter you know how [...]

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Eject USB Drive Automatically with EjectUSB

So what you have been till now to remove the USB Pen Drive from your computer? Either safely remove it or just unplug it from the system. But this does not work always and especially when you have some program from the drive running in your system.

Say, you have opened an image from the USB [...]

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[Solved] Autoplay USB Drive Not Working in Windows

It has been quite some time now and I just realized that my USB Pen Drive has stopped to Autoplay and the Autoplay dialog stopped appearing whenever I inserted my USB Drive.

If it is the case with you then here is how to fix this problem.
Steps:
1.    First of all make sure that your AutoPlay setting [...]

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Check and Test USB Drive for Errors

If you are planning to purchase a USB Pen Drive and are worried about its genuineness then this post is surely for you.

It happens many times that before we buy a pen drive or a USB memory drive we want to give it a try and check whether it will work fast and reliable or [...]

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Change Default Drive Icon of USB Pen Drive

Tired of seeing the same old boring drive icon when you insert your USB pen drive in the computer? Here is a simple and easy trick that will bring life to the icon you see whenever you insert your drive.

The trick is very easy and you can put any pic of yours to the icon [...]

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Encrypt USB Data Easily Using True Crypt

Want to transfer some secret information or files from ne computer to another using USB Pen Drive? Or got some important file that needs privacy? Solution is True Crypt.
If you also carry useful data daily from one place to another and are worried that what will happen if the USB drive gets lost, then this [...]

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Steps to do at Windows was Unable to Complete the Format problem

I wonder what is going with my PC right now but the truth is that my system is displaying this error message “Windows was unable to complete the format” every alternate time when I try to format my USB Pen drive. It is certainly a PC problem as this is happening with all drives i [...]

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Steps to Clean Infected Computer

So let me guess you have infected your system and tried many solutions to clean it. There are many ways to clean the system and of course the final step is to Format the PC which no one of us wants to do.

After receiving a problem from a user, I think I should discuss what [...]

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