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The potential for replacing the U3 LaunchPad with something nasty israther obvious. One could envision a "U3 virus" passing just like anold-style floppy virus. Disabling U3 autorun is by disabling CD autorunvia the registry - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=155217 A quickGoogle search got me a number of items by people who've changed thecontent of the CDFS.U3 software can conflict with other popular software — especially all varieties of CD/DVD burning software. == Uninstall U3 ==note: does not do a total 100% uninstall of U3, but does remove the primary components and set an inactive registry flag.1) Download the U3 software: [http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1415|U3 Launchpad Removal Tool] 2) Remove any files that you have loaded and want to retain.3) Plug in your SanDisk drive.4) Run the U3 tool that you downloaded in step 1.5) If the above does not work you might try this: http://www.u3.com/uninstall/default.aspxThere is an open source solution called Portable Apps that does what U3 will do, unlike U3, it is not a virus.More on U3: http://www.hoystory.com/?p=3864 [[Category:Computer_Technology]][[Category:Desktop Software]][[Category:Software]]