14/07/2013

How to see USB History in Windows

Yesterday, someone has asked me that it is possible to see full USB history?Yes,It is possible to see USB history in windows based computers.When  USB removable storage devices such as USB Flash Drive,SD card, iPods, digital cameras, external HDD, etc are connected to the system, your system automatically store that data in registry files.When you want to see your USB history or want to know about which devices had connect to your system you can see in registry files.


Your system keeps all the information related to your computer and all the things are recorded in system registry files.But is is not very convenient to open registry every time.There are some small unity that can helps you to see your USB history.You don't need to open registry file,just open this tool and you can see all the information related to your USB history.In such a tools, there are some advance features available that can increase your USB performance.

You can also see your USB history using Command Prompt.Follow this simple Steps.

1.Go to Run and type "cmd" and press Enter.

2.Type "powershell" in Command Prompt and press Enter.

3.Type "Get-ChildItem HKLM:\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\USBSTOR | Select-Object PSChildname" in Command Prompt and again press Enter.You can see all the devices that are currently connected to your computer, as well as all USB devices that you previously used.

If you don't want to use this method then you can use this another method.It is very simple.You don't need to open Command Prompt and write codes.Just install and open it.

USB Deview is a tool that can helps you to see all USB devices that are currently connected to your computer, as well as all USB devices that you previously used.

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Not only name but all the advanced information such as device type, serial number , the date & time,firmware version, vendor ID, product ID,port,etc displayed in this tool.You can also disconnect or uninstall USB devices from your computers using this tool.