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• Jan 8 2009 4:42am
  Daniel H (Visitor)
  I already own this application from previous and I like it. I bought it because my original XP Safely Remove option disappeared from XP SP3 after installing some Windows update and I was not able to recover it even from backup, moreover my PC crashed then randomly while removing USBs with BSOD.
  The advantage is that there are a lot of translations provided so prog communicates with your mothers tongue, the usage is simple and GUI nice. Continuosly updated. So you do not get 2007 prog in 2009 as sometimes happen :) Worth its price, at least for me.
• Jan 11 2009 12:41am
  J L (Visitor)
  ERROR - No Purchase URL specified!
• Jan 11 2009 2:00am
  adrian williams (Visitor)
  As soon as the link works, I'm buying it.
• Jan 11 2009 2:40am
  Sam Cal (Visitor)
  Just tried the free DL version. I'd buy the program right noe if the the link worked.
  
  Although I have no issues with the standard Windows USB tray utils, this program offers some very nice options. For one thing, instantly see if any USB drives have AutoRun enabled - a very serious security threat. Change the drive letters very easily; mount the frive letter as a folder; and get a LOT of technical properies info for each USB device and copy to clipboard.
• Jan 11 2009 4:01am
  G Booth (Visitor)
  I would also like to buy this software when the link is fixed
• Jan 11 2009 4:19am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  Hello,
  Thank you for your interest in USB Safely Remove and I apologize for these inconveniences.
  
  We will try to fix this problem ASAP with BitsDuJour, now you may purchase program with the link below:
  
  https://www.plimus.com/jsp/buynow.jsp?contractId=1646498&couponCode=BDJ_110109&showCouponPrompt=N
  
  Let me know if you have any further questions.
• Jan 11 2009 4:24am
  G Booth (Visitor)
  using the link above does not give a price of £12.00 as stated
• Jan 11 2009 4:25am
  G Booth (Visitor)
  Sorry that previous post should have read $12.00 as stated
• Jan 11 2009 4:30am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  My apologizes again. Now that was our fault - we have specified an incorrect discount in the coupon. Please try to use this link again:
  
  https://www.plimus.com/jsp/buynow.jsp?contractId=1646498&couponCode=BDJ_110109&showCouponPrompt=N
• Jan 11 2009 6:37am
  adrian williams (Visitor)
  Successfully purchased using the link from Igor - just awaiting the code to be emailed to me.
• Jan 11 2009 10:08am
  Roger Thomasson (Bits du Jour Admin)
  Igor, thanks so much for getting on top of this!
  
  Folks, the buy link should be working fine now.
  
  Many apologies for the Sunday morning inconvenience...
  
  -roger
• Jan 11 2009 11:44am
  Duane PDX (Visitor)
  I used to just HATE the way the built-in XP function worked and bought an earlier version of USB Safely Remove well over a year ago. It works so much better than Microsoft's lame version. I upgraded recently and like the new version even better. Great program and definitely worth the price.
• Jan 11 2009 2:03pm
  Mitch K (Visitor)
  Thanks to BDJ for offering a great utility at a nice price. Finally, no more "pain" when managing USB devices. USB Safely Remove is definitely one of the utilities that I will never be without.
• Jan 11 2009 4:24pm
  Kevin Andresen (Visitor)
  My problem was a combination floppy-drive/USB multi-card reader. After I was done reading a flash card, I'd use the XP icon to remove the card; fine. But I'd have to reboot to get the use of the card reader again. I just tried the download and not only did it work, it warned me that restarting the reader would restart some kind of USB printer driver. Scary, but it gave me a possible explanation for XP's default behavior. This was just part of the full explanations and options I was given. I'd call it generous hand-holding. I'm buying mine now.
• Jan 12 2009 1:26am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  Thanks a lot to everybody who showed an interest to USB Safely Remove! Also it's a pleasusure for us to see so kind responses about the program. If you have any inconveniences with the program or have a feature request or other kind of a feedback, welcome to our support form: http://safelyremove.com/support.htm or to the forum: http://safelyremove.com/forum/
  
  Also I'd like to say thank you to Roger for such great service as BitsDuJour!
• Feb 26 2009 9:04pm
  adrian williams (Visitor)
  Wow, this came around a bit quick. It's a great piece of software, particularly if you've a multi card reader installed in your pc. I like the way you can hide usb devices and set icons. Highly recommended to those who missed it in January.
• Mar 1 2009 1:21pm
  Steven Domingue (Visitor)
  I agree with Adrian. This is a great product. Works well. I always hated the "Safely Remove" function before. Now it is a breeze.
• Mar 5 2009 11:45pm
  Jo Jo (Visitor)
  17 mins to go on the BDJ offer and I get an invalid coupon on the order page. :-/
  
  What time zone am I supposed to adjust your clock to?
  
  Thanks.
• Mar 6 2009 3:58am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  Thank you very much to everybody who show an interest in USB Safely Remove!
  
  Jo Jo: I'm sorry for this incident, it's strangely because the coupon code is still valid now and will have been valid until the end of March 6th.
  
  Please try again using Bitsdujour's BuyNow link or using this link:
  https://www.plimus.com/jsp/buynow.jsp?contractId=1646498&referrer=iconico&templateId=514878&couponCode=BDJ_ANOTHER_ONE
• Jun 1 2009 1:47am
  Michael Mortimer (Visitor)
  Does a single purchase allow me to install it on the four computers I am running, or do I have to buy 4 separate licenses?
  
  I ask because I tire of spending thousands of dollars each year for separate licenses of some great programs I own.
  
  So I no longer buy programs that allow install on one computer.
  
  Thanks.
• Jun 1 2009 4:40am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  Hello Michael,
  
  Yes, one license allows you personal usage of the program on any number of computers, moreover this license will allow you to upgrade for the program lifetime. You can read more about license benefits here: http://safelyremove.com/order.htm
• Jun 1 2009 12:36pm
  Peter pereh (Visitor)
  This really is a neat and helpful application.
  Maybe you can add an icon of a standard eBook reader, so I can distinguish between my reader and the PDA?
• Jun 1 2009 3:40pm
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  Hello Peter,
  
  Thank you for the kind words!
  
  We will consider adding some new icons and maybe icon of eReaders as well, however currently you can search in Google images for eReader icon and upload it to the program by yourself. It's easy, just go to device properties in the program, click "Change" button and then click "Load Custom Image" button at the bottom of the window with icons. You can upload an image of any size, the program will resize it automatically.
• Jun 1 2009 9:12pm
  Tom Colvin (Superstar)
  I bought this the last time it was offered by Bits du Jour. I find it an extremely helpful little program -- use it almost daily. I also like the license -- very fair, in my view.
• Jun 1 2009 10:55pm
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  Hello Tom,
  
  Thank you for the kind words! We are happy to know that our users are satisfied :)
• Jun 1 2009 11:15pm
  Michael Mortimer (Visitor)
  Thanks Igor. I downloaded and installed the program.
  
  It has so many additional options and features compared to the limited Windows XP program.
  
  I like being able to name the drives so I don't have to remember which drive is which when plugged in. At any one time I might have five or so USB devices connected, such as thumb drives, external hard disks, printer, etc.
  
  Also, the unmounting is easy to do. And more efficient.
  
  Made the purchase, just in time since the Bits special ends in about 45 minutes.
• Jun 2 2009 12:05am
  Mike G (Superstar)
  Hah, nabbed this deal with one minute left to go!
• Jun 2 2009 12:36am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  Thank you to everybody who takes a party in this deal! Have a nice work with USB Safely Remove!
• Nov 30 2009 12:35am
  B Barnabe (Visitor)
  Just to be clear, will purchasing USB Safely Remove here also entitle the buyer to lifetime free upgrades as it does with direct purchases through the developer?
• Nov 30 2009 1:40am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  Yes, the license condition will stay the same so the buyer from BDJ will be entitled to lifetime free upgrades as well.
• Nov 30 2009 6:17am
  R S (Visitor)
  Hello, what about Windows7 and Vista compatibility? (Also, 64 bit?)
• Nov 30 2009 8:30am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  Yes, the program was tested and fully compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 both 32 and 64 bit.
  
  Also it's compatible with Windows 2000 and 2003.
• Dec 1 2009 10:49am
  K H (Visitor)
  I was lucky enough to get a free license for version 4.1.5.806 and for the most part I like this little treasure very much. A very nice improvement over Window's version. I now know exactly which drive I'm trying to remove and even when I use the same slot for different flash drives, USB Safely Remove recognizes it and gives the correct name.
  
  There is one thing I would love to see change. I dislike having an Explorer window pop up every time I plug in a device. I haven't been able to find a way to turn it off - or to change the view or the position of the window so that it corresponds to the view and position that, on my system, is the normal one for Explorer. I did try entering an alternative file manager (Xplorer2) but that option doesn't seem to work. Any chance for future changes to the current behavior?
• Dec 1 2009 3:20pm
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  K H, does this problem hapen when you uninstall USB Safely Remove?
• Dec 2 2009 11:44am
  K H (Visitor)
  I am not sure what you are asking. I have never uninstalled it. If I uninstalled, it wouldn't be there so it wouldn't happen.
  
  BEFORE I installed USB Safely Remove there was only the Windows box that popped up to allow me to choose which USB to remove. Windows Explorer never appeared unless I opened it myself and, when I did, it showed up in folder view - just the way I like it - and on my second screen - just where I want it.
  
  I haven't thought of this as a "problem" with your nice software, just the normal behavior of the program. I was only saying that I would prefer Explorer not open at all and if it absolutely MUST, then open it in my preferred view - so I don't have to reset it again and again and again.
• Dec 2 2009 4:41pm
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  The program by default doesn't display Explorer on external drive connection. However it's possible to setup this action in the program so probably you checked it on accidentally. Go to the program options, switch to global autorun tab and disable (or remove) Exporer process from the list of processes to launch after device connection.
• Dec 3 2009 11:32am
  K H (Visitor)
  Nothing was ever listed in the processes to launch list. Also, I no longer have access to the program at all. AVAST had it for breakfast this morning. I have reported it as a false positive but I'm still without the application and reinstalling will not help until they fix the issue.
• Dec 3 2009 1:19pm
  Rick Truell (Visitor)
  K H: The Explorer window that pops up when you insert a device has nothing to do with USB Safely Remove. Somewhere along the way you responded to Windows' Autorun feature in a way that causes this to happen. I have the same problem with one...and *only one*...of my external USB devices (of which I currently have 8), and it started *before* I installed USB Safely Remove. I wish I knew what I did to cause this to happen, but I'm willing to bet good money (and lots of it!!) that it'll take reinstalling Windows to "fix" it :-(
• Dec 3 2009 2:50pm
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  K H, Rick True: If you are using Windows Vista or 7, you can disable this Windows behavior with this way: open Control Panel, type "autorun" in the search bar, open Autorun applet (big green link "Autorun") here you will see the list of action for different kind of contents. Either disable autorun at all by the option in the top of the Window or check what you have assigned to autorun for different types of content and uncheck running Explorer.
  
  If you are using Win XP I'd recommend you using TweakUI for disabling autorun and this article: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_really_disable_autoplay_in_windows_xp.html
  
  Hope this helps.
• Dec 4 2009 7:19am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  K H: Regarding your Avast yesterday breakfast. This is really a false alarm and we will notify Avast about it ASAP. Hop they fix this quickly as usually.
• Dec 4 2009 5:52pm
  K H (Visitor)
  I never doubted for a moment that AVAST was giving a false positive AND Thanks for your help.
• Dec 7 2009 12:44am
  B Barnabe (Visitor)
  Just to let the developer know, it's not just AVAST that finds a problem with the USBSafelyRemove.exe file - COMODO Internet Security suite also has issues with it. I had to add it to an exception list to avoid getting the file quarantined. Hope that this is indeed a false positive... Otherwise, great program so far.
• Dec 7 2009 4:25am
  Patrick J. (Visitor)
  Hi Igor, thanks for this offer, just ordered it.
  
  Regards from Germany,
  Patrick
• Dec 7 2009 5:22am
  Jari Karjalainen (Visitor)
  It needs administrator privileges, so it is useless for me. Otherwise I liked it a lot.
• Dec 7 2009 7:35am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  B Barnabe Says
  COMODO Internet Security suite also has issues with it
  Thanks for the note! We have already notified Comodo about this problem and I hope they will fix this issue ASAP.
  
  Patrick J. Says:
  Hi Igor, thanks for this offer, just ordered it.
  Hi Patrick! Thank you too for the order!
  
  Jari Karjalainen Says:
  It needs administrator privileges, so it is useless for me. Otherwise I liked it a lot.
  Jari, needs administrator privileges only when you install the program. For daily work administrative privileges are not required.
• Dec 7 2009 7:50am
  Jari Karjalainen (Visitor)
  Well, here it does not start at all unless I start it with "Run as administrator".
  
  This is with standard user account on Windows 7, 64-bit.
• Dec 7 2009 10:33am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  Jari, we will check this issue in Windows 7 and try to fix in the next version.
• Dec 7 2009 10:50am
  Greg Brown (Visitor)
  No problems here - running Windows 7, 64 bit. Going to be picking this little beauty up...
• Dec 7 2009 11:07am
  Jari Karjalainen (Visitor)
  Greg, do you use standard user account?
• Dec 7 2009 6:09pm
  Todd F (Visitor)
  Drats! It figures that this would come up here only a few weeks after I paid full price for it! Still worth the $20 I paid for it thought. After using the 4.2 free version I was hooked. I've got 6 different PCs I'm using it on. Works well with my WIn7 64bit, Vista Home 32bit and WinXP 32 bit systems.
• Dec 7 2009 6:58pm
  Dexter B (Visitor)
  I really, really want this program and want it to work but the program doesn't not recognize my WD portable USB drives (500GB and below) nor the WD external USB 1GB drive. They are all just listed as "USB Composit Device" and are hidden.
  
  The one exception is a brand new WD portable USB drive that is 750GB. It is recognized correctly.
  
  This behavior is the same on both 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 7.
  
  I would really like for this to work!:-) If you need any other information just let me know.
• Dec 7 2009 9:29pm
  Dylan Connors (Visitor)
  Used the free offering from this past summer and I really like this program. This is one of the best discounts I have seen for this program and I purchased it this AM. Good product, updated often and no problems.
  
  I am still not too sure how it works with esata which I am very interested in using. Seems that external hd has to be started with the initial boot and esata doesn't disconnect as simply as usb. I am fairly new at esata and hope usb sr can help.
• Dec 8 2009 12:00am
  Nico Westerdale (Bits du Jour Admin)
  Due to the overwhelming response Crystal Rich, Ltd has agreed to extend this deal for another day - Enjoy!
• Dec 8 2009 12:12am
  John Sutherland (Visitor)
  Great program, works perfectly for me under Windows 7 - 64 Bit. Has a lot of extra features (for example, correcting drive letter assignment on the fly) that make it indispensable.
• Dec 8 2009 9:56am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  -*- Dexter B Says:
  -*-I really, really want this program and want it to work but the program doesn't not recognize my WD portable USB drives (500GB and below) nor the WD external USB 1GB drive. They are all just listed as "USB Composit Device" and are hidden.
  Dexter, for the first try disabling "Display surprise removal devices" option. This might help in your case however you will not see such devices as mouse, printer and etc.
  
  In the next versions we will try to make correct behavior for your hard drive.
• Dec 8 2009 11:08am
  Greg Brown (Visitor)
  Jari: no, administrator. My comment was sort of a general "works with Windows 7 64-bit" comment in case anyone was wondering. Wasn't till later that I realized it might've been taken in the context of your discussion - sorry for the confusion.

• Jun 6 2010 9:28am
  H. H. (Visitor)
  I bought usb safely remove at the last bitsdujour offer, and I´ve to say, it is a really useful piece of software. It makes handling of usb- devices easier - and much faster, especially when one want to disconnect them - a"must have utility". The reasonable price, user friendly license (at the last offer one-user license, life-time updates) are a beating argument for buying. I really can reccomend usb safely remove.
  with kind regards
  H.H.
• Jun 6 2010 3:43pm
  Van Swofford (Rising Star)
  I agree with H.H.  I bought USB Safely Remove a while back and it works as advertised.  Very nice.
  
  Van
• Jun 6 2010 10:07pm
  Tom Colvin (Superstar)
  I bought this from Bits du Jour over a year ago.  It has become one of the most-used utilities on my PC, as I'm always jugging various USB flash drives and peripherals.  For me, it's indispensible.
  
  I do wonder tho, is it important to upgrade to the new version?  I've been perfectly happy with my current version 4.0.9.
• Jun 6 2010 11:25pm
  Guy Good (Frequent Flyer)
  to Tom Colvin (Superstar)
  
  The upgrade is free as far I know. This is the release notes:
  
  http://safelyremove.com/blog/en/usbsafelyremove-4-3-2
  
  They are coming out with a new product currently in beta testing called Zentimo and that probably a free upgrade. It has even more
  features. If interested, you can download the beta and give it a try.
  
  http://zentimo.com/
  
  
• Jun 6 2010 11:34pm
  Guy Good (Frequent Flyer)
  Tom Colvin (Superstar)
  
  I meant to say it's probably NOT a free upgrade. Sorry for the mistake.
• Jun 7 2010 2:46am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  to H. H., Van Swofford: Guys many thanks for your nice words. It's a real pleasure for us to know our clients get benefits from using USB Safely Remove and they like it.
  
  to Tom Colvin: Tom, thank you too for your kind words! Updates to all further versions of USB Safely Remove are free.
  
  to

  Guy Good: Zentimo is another product we are developing right now therefore upgrade to it is not free, however we will provide a significant discount for the purchse for registered users of USB Safely Remove.
  
• Jun 9 2010 12:10am
  Stephane M (Superstar)
  I am planning to buy a license of USB Safetly Remove but do you have an idea of when the final version of Zentimo will come out?
  
  Also, any idea of the price of Zentimo? Would it be around the same price as USB Safetly Remove?
  
  Thanks.
• Jun 9 2010 5:36am
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  >Also, any idea of the price of Zentimo? Would it be around the same price as USB Safetly Remove?
  Well, actually this question doesn't fit this topic, but I'll answer anyway. We are planning to release a Zentimo in a month approximately. The price for it would be higher (about $30), but for already registered users of USB Safely Remove we will provide significant discounts.
  
  Actually Zentimo is not a replacement for 'USB Safely Remove', it's just a program with more features... but a bit more complex. So some people will choose USB Safely Remove (as they don't need extra features or they like simplicity) and some prefer more powerful edition Zentimo. So you can decide right now what to do: to purchase USB Safely Remove with a significant discount (and then to upgrade to Zentimo with discount as well) or skip today's offer and wait for Zentimo final.
• Jun 9 2010 12:13pm
  Jeff Carbello (Bright Spark)
  I looked on the feature list but could not determine this.
  
  Do any of these tools either this one or the newer Zentimo allow to suppress auto-start on removable media from specific drives?  So maybe for a portable DVD its okay but not for a usb flash drive.  This strategy would be used to prevent auto-run viruses/trojans that sometimes infect flash media.  My wife picked one up from a Walmart photo machine on our camera flash card.  Her anti-virus did not pick it up, but mine did.  But this could be avoided all together by preventing the auto-run, something which a tool like this would be a good fit for.
• Jun 9 2010 2:45pm
  Stephane M (Superstar)
  Thank you Igor for all the details about Zentimo vs USB Safely Remove.
  
  I will give Zentimo a try but for now I will buy a license of USB Safely Remove anyway.
• Jun 9 2010 3:11pm
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  To Jeff Carbello: Jeff, feature you are mentioned will be included into Zentimo, not in USB Safely Remove as we wouldn't like to overload it with extra features.
  
  To Stephane M: You are welcome!
  
  
• Jun 9 2010 3:16pm
  Igor Tkachenko (Crystal Rich, Ltd Vendor)
  To Jeff Carbello: Wish to add some more details to my previous post. We are planning to add blocking Windows autorun feature into Zentimo, but now there is no such a feature neither in Zentimo nor in USB Safely Remove.
  
• Jun 9 2010 3:42pm
  Jeff Carbello (Bright Spark)
  >> We are planning to add blocking Windows autorun feature into Zentimo
  
  Good to know, I am hoping you will allow this to be flexibly configured per drive, per device type, etc so there is some control versus a block all.  For example I may want to block autorun on all flash media but not on my optical drives.
• Jul 30 2010 4:10pm
  Albert C. (Shooting Star)
  Hello. I see that the Zentimo offer of July 2010 has been withdrawn. Could you explain why?
  
  Thanks! ^_^
• Jul 30 2010 7:40pm
  Roger Thomasson (Bits du Jour Admin)
  @ Albert

  
  

  Unfortunately we've had to cancel the Zentimo promotion due to some pricing confusion and technical issues on the eCommerce end.  
  

  
  

  We're working hard to find a new promo date, hopefully something will fall into place soon.

  
  

  Apologies!

  
  

  -r

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