I just got my Autodesk Inventor 2012 update on a really nice 16Gb usb key. Conveniently I just lost the key I carry so this would make an excellent replacement. The only problem is that it is write ...

Copying, moving, or deleting files on a USB drive is usually straightforward. However, this may not be the case if the USB drive you're using is write-protected. As the name suggests, write protection ...

I'd plug it back into the buddy's computer and poke around looking to see if there was special software, or maybe windows has an option to turn on something inside it.