Securing USB Keys

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Sandino

I just bought a Sandisk Cruzer Micro USB flash with U3 on board. I chose
this one because of the ability to password protect, but the U3 software is
incompat with Vista. A U3 update from Sandisk's site does not help.

The Cruzer is, however, available as a removable drive.

Is there some way I can password protect this flash drive? Barring that, is
there a device that *will* work securely with Vista?

Thanks!
 
Sandino said:
I just bought a Sandisk Cruzer Micro USB flash with U3 on board. I chose
this one because of the ability to password protect, but the U3 software is
incompat with Vista. A U3 update from Sandisk's site does not help.

The Cruzer is, however, available as a removable drive.

Is there some way I can password protect this flash drive? Barring that,
is there a device that *will* work securely with Vista?

Thanks!
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Mo Mo said:
I'm using the U3 software on Vista.
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Same drive?

The latest update works fine here.
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I've tried it on Ultimate and on a Home Premium laptop. Bot will recognize
the drive but refuse to install the driver for the U3 section of the drive.
 
Mo Mo said:
I'm using the U3 software on Vista. The latest update works fine here.
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Having just done some reading on this issue, it seems that U3 USB drives
with firmware versions 2.1.5 & 2.2.1 will work on vista, while other
versions will not. Still doesn't help me, but at least it's a known entity.
 
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