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Password protection only(no encryption) for USB key so it can be used after on any PC whitout ADM priviledge

Submitted by tremblant on November 24, 2008 - 6:15pm

I hope I am asking the right way, as I am not used to Forums...
I am looking for a password protection I can install on my USB key that will ask for a password before opening, without encryption, so that I can use it on any PC (so without ADM priviledge)during travelling, free or not..
I looked very hard on the net but most come with encryption and always with the necessity of using it on a PC with adm priviledge..
Can you help me

Many thanks
tremblant [at] bigfoot [adot] com

[email address obfuscated by mod Tim]

Non-portable apps loaded on host computer

Submitted by wzigrang on November 24, 2008 - 7:13am

I'm using Portable Firefox & Portable Thunderbird which I have updated online before I read the FAQ which said this was no longer advisable. Now, when I shut down, I find instances of (non-portable) FF & TB on the host computer, which need to be stopped before I can unplug. ?Is this normal behavior?? ?Is it related to my updates?? ?Should I install the newer Portable versions over the updated ones??

Thanx for the help,
Bill Zigrang

Laggy flash, or laggy firefox?

Submitted by x-demon on November 23, 2008 - 6:07am

Okay, i just bought new 16gb sandisk cruzer flash drive.
Before it i used Transcend Jetflash 512mb.
After i copied all data, including portableapps, on cruzer, i got one small problem.
Firefox was extremely slow. (Standart Firefox portable, non-u3)
I disabled about ten addons, but i still get lags and freezes when i try to move on page or open new. Lags about 1-5 secs.
On transcend firefox working perfectly. But CheckFlash said that cruzer have read/write speed about x3 times faster than jetflash.
Pegtop PStart also working slower on cruzer, but other apps seems to work much faster...

Forum TimeStamps Off ??

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Submitted by Tim Clark on November 22, 2008 - 12:45pm

Forum TimeStamps Off ??

I just posted a comment about 5 minutes ago, the tracker [and comment itself] show it to be an hour and 5 minutes old. I also noticed this earlier.

My profile shows my current time zone correctly
Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 11:45am -0600
so I'm wondering if it might have something to do with the forum servers time. If so I guess this could have something to do with DST switch. Today was the first time I noticed this.

Tim

What's up with SourceForge?

Submitted by Bruce Pascoe on November 21, 2008 - 8:39am

What's going on with SourceForge lately? It's really annoying... when I click on an SF download link (like the one to download TBP), it first takes me to the SF main page. I then have to hit back and click the download link again to get the download...

It doesn't seem to be specific to PortableApps.com; I've seen it happen on other sites, too. But it seems to happen a lot more often with the download links here...

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