Customer Reviews

Cables Unlimited USB-2220 USB PC Lock

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I purchased this product to help keep my laptop secure. The product is very suseptible to interference and thus easily confused. I have walked away 25 to 30 feet and the device did not lock my system. I have been sitting at my desk typing away and the device has kicked in. The troubleshooting instructions tell you that it is may be receiving interference. I tried moving the lock around using a USB extension cable with no success. You may walk away from the system thinking it is going to lock and it does not. This can be dangerous. I strongly urge you to say away from this product until it is improved. I don't have this problem with other RF and Bluetooth devices.

I have the same complaints as the other people reviewing this product. It sometimes "locked" my computer when I was sitting near it. Sometimes I would walk away and it wouldn't lock the screen. The instructions are written so poorly that I wasn't sure I had configured it properly. The build quality of the pocket fob is cheap and the back panel that holds the watch battery in cracked. It's a great idea poorly executed.

I got this product and have been very disappointed with it. Not only does the software not work well, the hardware is not reliable. The included software does not issue a Windows lock command, rather it simply puts up a graphic. If one is using two monitors, it only places the graphic on the main screen, not on the secondary screen. This means that the computer is not really locked.

I then tried an open source solution that works much better and issues a real Windows lock command. However the range on the device is so bad that it kept locking even though I was at my computer and actively using it.

Save your money, learn to use the Windows-L command.

Terrible, came DOA and I never got it to work. Engrish is terrible throughout. not worth the $6

Does not work. Never worked. No help at all. I bought this years ago and it popped up as needing a review from me. Its not even worth the time i took to type this. Avoid this.

You need to use other software found on the internet.

I had to search pretty hard to find it, but it's out there.

The thing locks you out randomly, and if you have to stare at the keyboard when you type you're SOL.

I think it's just a weak battery, but haven't purchased a replacement battery yet.

When it works, it's awesome. I personally like the fact it doesn't unlock your pc when you come back, just in case someone snags the keyfob.