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<title><![CDATA[By: Jay]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/usb-crypt/#comment-115243</link>
<description><![CDATA[Don;t allow it to auto update.. or you'll lose your registration key]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:04:50 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Doug A]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/usb-crypt/#comment-115242</link>
<description><![CDATA[I realize this giveaway is over, but I wanted to clarify my comment in #21 that WinAbility said was "incorrect" in comment #23. I believe there was a slight mis-understanding of terms. I was relating to the loss of the License Key for the program, not the passcode used as the encryption key. I did realize there is a backup mode for the program passcode.

As for the program License key, the manual for USBCrypt states, "When this initial evaluation period expires, you can still run USBCrypt, but you cannot use it to encrypt any new drives with it. Also, you can start the previously encrypted drives in the write-protected mode only. This should allow you to extract your existing files out of the encrypted disks, but you won't be able save the modifications back to them."

The reason this is important is because GOTD products are usually not eligible for upgrades. If a user accidentally updates USBCrypt (or otherwise loses their GOTD version of the USBCrypt executable), it is possible that the program license will expire, placing USBCrypt back in demo mode and leaving all of the encrypted virtual drives in a read only mode. I was glad to see that at least a user should be able to read and copy their data in such a case.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:25:30 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug A]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: tekknokat]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/usb-crypt/#comment-115241</link>
<description><![CDATA[WinAbility-

It's ten minutes before time for the site to close for this promotion for the day.  I just find it incredibly suspicious when a piece of installation software feels the need to tell you that if you don't backup your hard drive, you get no pity.  I mean come on, it's a given, but the fact your message needed to drill it in with a three part message makes me think hard drives are getting destroyed everywhere, I had a perfectly good hard drive destroyed when Carbonite online storage service was rolling out their beta software required to upload data to their paid online storage service.  I got the same amount of pity, even though I had gotten their service for purchasing a triple interface 1Tb USB Drive from LaCie for the purpose of backing up my hard drive on the USB drive and Carbonite online paid for one year.

My next comment is, because I don't like to put my face right up against my computer screen and get screen fatigue, I set the level at 115 DPI instead of the standard 96DPI in XP or in Windows 7 it is 100 DPI.  Anyway, long story short, when I launch the small window for USB Crypt, I cannot select the drive I want to encrypt, because it does not fit in the window.  Even the most rudimentary programmers of freeware software make up for variable width windows so that no matter the DPI of the user's screen, the window will always appear the same size.

Thank You GOTD team for the continued giveaways and technical support when applicable.  Have a great summer.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:59:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Scobo]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/usb-crypt/#comment-115240</link>
<description><![CDATA[@DonP msg #32

As a long time truecrypt user I usually create encrypted containers but occasionally prefer to encrypt a full USB drive, as this program essentially does. When I do that with truecrypt I can only use it on a computer with truecrypt already installed, whereas USBCrypt appears keeps a version of the USBCrypt software in the clear, so the encrypted drive can be accessed on any computer (with admin rights). That's all I can think of; and it doesn't take much to install truecrypt on a prospective host pc if I need to. 

At work we're in the process of writing security policies for removable drives, though, and I'm learning - as was mentioned above - that truecrypt is not for everyone. So options like this interest me.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:20:48 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Cha]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/usb-crypt/#comment-115239</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have installed the software and think it's very user-friendly. But I also noted a potential problem (I may be wrong): to decrypt the usb flash drive, we need the original usbcrypt programme. But if my pc crashes and I reinstall windows, I can't reinstall USBcrypt since I can only install the programme on its giveaway day. So how could I decrypt the USB flash drive for my own use?]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:47:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cha]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: BrickInTheWall]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/usb-crypt/#comment-115238</link>
<description><![CDATA[How is TrueCrypt platform independent when it has 2 versions, one for Windows and one for Mac (see http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads)?]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:07:46 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Peter B]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/usb-crypt/#comment-115237</link>
<description><![CDATA[Win XP SP3 . The prog  does not let you choose which folder to save the installation in , to me this is a bad point . Yet to try the rest of it.  I had trouble with Truecrypt not working properly on my set up so Iam looking forward to this one to see if it is any better.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:51:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter B]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: DaveE]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/usb-crypt/#comment-115236</link>
<description><![CDATA[@#32

TrueCrypt does require administrative privileges. See the topic Using TrueCrypt Without Administrator Privileges at http://www.truecrypt.org/faq]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:46:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[DaveE]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Deeman]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/usb-crypt/#comment-115235</link>
<description><![CDATA[To add to the above mix, TrueCrypt doesnot just create an encrypted volume, it hides the volume form view such that when you click the original un=encryted volume, it tells you "volume not found" or something that indicates it does not exists at all.
If your disk is stolen, no one will even know you have such volume, less trying to pry it open.
To me, its a better option,...and l use it in the library and all sorts of public computers, without admin rights!]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:40:31 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deeman]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[By: WinAbility Software]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/usb-crypt/#comment-115234</link>
<description><![CDATA[@DonP msg#33:

TrueCrypt requires admin privileges just like USBCrypt does. It's all about personal preferences: look at Linux: it's free and open source and can do a lot of things, yet many people prefer Windows or Mac Os. TrueCrypt attempts to do a lot of different things, while USBCrypt ties to do one thing, but do it well. How well and whether it's worth the money we are asking for it - you decide!]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:14:13 -0400</pubDate>
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