Okay, I'm sitting at school bored, I have a 10gb thumb drive.. I was using probably < 50mbs of space on it. So I decided to have some fun. Here is a list, that I've compiled from many different sources, I take none of the credit for any of these (except for #2, although I found something really similar on Lifehacker), I'm just compiling everything together for your viewing =] All I did was rewrite everything in my own words. 1. A Pc Repair Kit, it offers everything you'll need to repair a slow, virus, spyware infected computer. It comes with 32 of the best freeware programs all in one. http://www.dailycupoftech.com/usb-drive-systems/3/ 2. I actually thought of this one myself. Plug in your thumb drive and navigate to the folder (Mine is E:\) (I will use firefox Portable as an example) Make a new file named 'Autorun.inf' Open Autorun.inf, and type in Code: [autorun] open=start.bat Now create a new file named 'start.bat' edit it and paste this in there Code: Start Apps\FirefoxPortable\FirefoxPortable.exe Google.com Gmail.com Gamerenders.com A space between URL's creates a new tab when firefox is opened. You can use anything, like I said, I'm using Firefox as an example, you could use something say like Code: Start Apps\PhotoshopPortable Start cmd etc Now everytime you plug in your thumb drive (assuming the computer has autorun turned on) Firefox (or any other program specified) will automatically open. This can be used as a portable anti-virus that runs without any user input if you use ClamWin (freeware Portable Virus Scanner) http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/clamwin_portable 3. Making a custom Icon for each thumb drive Go get yourself a .ico picture you enjoy, In the autorun folder of your thumb drive (assuming you did #2 in this list of things, if not read above about autorun) edit it and add this in Code: [autorun] icon=autorun.ico and place your .ico image in the root folder of your thumb drive 4. Never forget your thumbdrive when you logoff a computer Create a new text file (but save it as a .vbs file), name it something like 'No Forget.vbs" In the file copy this in Code: WScript.Echo "Don't forget your thumb drive!" Press start, click run, type in gpedit.msc, and navigate to User Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Logoff Click 'add script' and choose your 'No Forget.vbs' file 5. Portable Music player Create a folder name it something easy like 'Music' download PortableVLC Media Player http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable Enjoy music anytime you plug in your thumb drive 6. Encrypting your thumbdrive (should be a given) Get TrueCrypt, the best (and free) portable drive encryption. http://www.truecrypt.org/ In your start.bat file, add Code: start Apps\truecrypt\truecrypt.exe TO BE CONTINUED I'm at school, and my Laptop is about to die, and I forgot my charger at my house. So I will continue this guide later today. Till then, please enjoy -Travis
Some of the stuff here is reasonably interesting, if slightly obvious maybe. The other stuff is a bit crap but meh, always good to have filler material. Good list.
