Joe Finkle
New member
PC (no admin access)? I'm trying to use PCs in a public library. I want to be able to download articles from their proprietary databases directly to my PC. It seems to me that, if it's possible, the simplest way would be to install some software on my computer, then connect a USB-USB bridge connector (I have the Tornado, but there are other similar devices on the market if it can't be done with the Tornado) to my PC and put the other end into the public computer.
I want the public computer to read my computer as any other flash drive (except bigger). I can't install anything on the other computer or run third party software, which is why I can't use the software that comes with the Tornado (it comes with an application loaded onto the device which you must run from both PCs, but I can't run it from the public computer because I don't have administrator access). Both computers run Windows 7, if that makes a difference.
I want the public computer to read my computer as any other flash drive (except bigger). I can't install anything on the other computer or run third party software, which is why I can't use the software that comes with the Tornado (it comes with an application loaded onto the device which you must run from both PCs, but I can't run it from the public computer because I don't have administrator access). Both computers run Windows 7, if that makes a difference.