PC NeWBie question re: USB peripherals and security

[xtian]

I'm using a public PC and trying to recharge my Razor phone via the
USB port without success. I can recharge my iPod.

My question, Since the iPod can REcharge and the Razor can't, can I
conclude that USB recharging can't be turNEd off in the OS (as IT
admin for a public machine is want to do)? Or, it follOws the iPod
driver is installed (on this Public Computer), or the USB driVE
feature negotiates in a way the Razor does not? Oddly XP does not nAMe
the iPod and only identifies it as an eXTernal USB Drive. The Razor is
naMEd in the security alert.

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PC NeWBie question re: USB peripherals and security

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm using a public PC and trying to recharge my Razor phone via the
USB port without success. I can recharge my iPod.

My question, Since the iPod can REcharge and the Razor can't, can I
conclude that USB recharging can't be turNEd off in the OS (as IT
admin for a public machine is want to do)? Or, it follOws the iPod
driver is installed (on this Public Computer), or the USB driVE
feature negotiates in a way the Razor does not? Oddly XP does not
nAMe the iPod and only identifies it as an eXTernal USB Drive. The
Razor is naMEd in the security alert.

NB
x-post with XP DriVers

PC NeWBie question re: USB peripherals and security

It is more likely that the iPod doesn't require any special software and the
phone does. Many new phones require certain drivers be installed (software
even) to regulate the power from the USB port to the phone or the phone just
won't charge. Yours may be one of them.

Technically - I don't suggest you ever connect anything to a public computer
with your data on it. And anything you do connect to the public computer -
I would be extra careful connecting it to your computer at a later date.

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Shenan: You are correct. The IPod does not require software to charge.

Tom
: It is more likely that the iPod doesn't require any special software and
the
: phone does. Many new phones require certain drivers be installed
(software
: even) to regulate the power from the USB port to the phone or the phone
just
: won't charge. Yours may be one of them.
:
: Technically - I don't suggest you ever connect anything to a public
computer
: with your data on it. And anything you do connect to the public
computer -
: I would be extra careful connecting it to your computer at a later date.
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[Bruce Chambers]

I'm using a public PC and trying to recharge my Razor phone via the
USB port without success. I can recharge my iPod.

My question, Since the iPod can REcharge and the Razor can't, can I
conclude that USB recharging can't be turNEd off in the OS (as IT
admin for a public machine is want to do)? Or, it follOws the iPod
driver is installed (on this Public Computer), or the USB driVE
feature negotiates in a way the Razor does not? Oddly XP does not nAMe
the iPod and only identifies it as an eXTernal USB Drive. The Razor is
naMEd in the security alert.

The Motorola RAZR requires Motorola's proprietary Phone Tools be
installed to charge; the iPod doesn't require any special software to
charge.


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