Will it work on my school computers?

[Darrenbilly]

Hey! I have just purchased a 4gb sandisk cruzer micro. It works fine on my home pc and laptop (XP and vista) I'm worried incase it does not work at school. They are on a network with heavy restrictions, i can use normal pen drives, my current on is a peak 2 1 gig. Will my new on work at school do you think? And if not, is there someway i can make it work? Thanks

 

[Firedawg1971]

as long as they have usb ports and are xp/2000 or vista, I dont see a problem.

 

[poertner_1274]

Agreed .

 

[Tedster]

some U3 devices will not work on restricted networks unless you delete the U3 technology. This is true on Department of Defense systems.

 

[Darrenbilly]

Nope

Sadly it has not worked. My school network does not allow it for security purposes. Thanks anyway

 

[matav]

And if not, is there someway i can make it work?

download ophcrack
make the ophcrack CD
boot the school computer from this CD
get the administartor password
use password to log-in
reduce the security to suit you
insert pen-drive

 

[nickslick74]

Um, probably not a good idea to try what was suggested above unless you like being expelled from school.

 

[DelJo63]

there are several packages that allow an network admin to disable USB devices
or to control access to them. think about it -- disgruntled employee takes a
USB thumb drive to work and if it can be mounted+accessed:
installs all kinds of havoc/trojans OR
steals company trade secrets

how would like it if you were the owner/CEO?

 

[tipstir]

Becoming more standard in most business here. No USB allowed..

 

[Phantasm66]

Hehehe USB sticks are becomming known as "Hacker wands"...

You'd be amazed what you can do with one.