U3 Smart Memory Sticks

Diablo2K

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I just learned of U3 Smart, for those that dont know check out u3.com for more info.
I was wondering if anyone had used U3 Smart and what they think of it. Also what aplications you use it for. I am thinking of getting one and getting Avast antivirus and a Spyware scanner on it for when i am helpng a friend with there buggy computers. I am getting a 2gig Sandisk Drive that is U3 Smart capable and I am looking for uses for it!
Also has anyone that used these ever had any problems or incompatibilities [spelling?]

Basicly just let me know what you use it for and what you think of it!
 
I am a Agent with the Geek Squad and all the new Geek Squad flash drives come with it.

I played with it a little, but from my experience its a bigger hassle than anything, i have giving up with those and use some tools Geek Squad gives me...

The one thing i saw that made me most mad was the slow startup time, i want to put it in and go, but instead U3 takes a good 45 seconds to do its song and dance...

Sorry i don't want to crap on it, but from my view its not all that great...
 
Is the U3 Smart optional, can I turn it off/disable it so it just acts like a standard memory stick?
 
i am a member of tech support on my college and we use it

it's a cool feature, but not for quick access. it takes about 35 seconds for it to stop popping up balloons on the users computer

but in the end, it's a slick interface

i just took it off mine cuz i hate it. personal preference. i want a stick that i plug into things and take things off of.

if you're smart enough to really take advantage of the u3 software, you're smart enough to get by better without it
 
Diablo2K said:
Is the U3 Smart optional, can I turn it off/disable it so it just acts like a standard memory stick?
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On the Geek Squad flash drives it was not...
It took a while for a program to come out to even remove it...

One thing you can do is disable it computer by computer by disabling the thing is throws in the Device manager...

I agree with i_am_mustang_man completely
"if you're smart enough to really take advantage of the u3 software, you're smart enough to get by better without it"
 
I tried the Uninstall option in the U3 Setttings and it giives me an error that it only supports one U3 device, well I only have one. I can't get rid of the U3 Partition. What am I missing?
NVM, I went to a friends and used his computer to uninstall it. Not sure why I got the error i did, but at least all the U3 stuff is gone.
 
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