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USBDeview vs USBDriveLog: catalog facts
USBDeview	USBDriveLog
Best for: Troubleshooting USB devices or auditing which devices a Windows PC has seen	Best for: Checking which USB drives have been connected to a Windows 10 or 11 PC and when
Free Freeware from NirSoft with no paid tier.	Free Freeware from NirSoft with no paid tier.
Windows	Windows
Shows history of USB devices that are no longer plugged in Disconnect, disable, enable or uninstall devices All 4 strengths for USBDeview Shows history of USB devices that are no longer plugged in Disconnect, disable, enable or uninstall devices Works with remote computers and offline registry files Command-line options for stopping devices by name or serial	Shows plug and unplug times with serial numbers Reads local, remote or external-drive event logs All 4 strengths for USBDriveLog Shows plug and unplug times with serial numbers Reads local, remote or external-drive event logs Portable single .exe with no installation Command-line export to CSV, HTML, XML and JSON
Some timestamps are only readable when run as Administrator Disabling devices on 64-bit Windows requires the x64 build All 3 limitations for USBDeview Some timestamps are only readable when run as Administrator Disabling devices on 64-bit Windows requires the x64 build Devices with faulty drivers may cause it to hang	Works only on Windows 10 and Windows 11 Shows nothing if the required event log channels are turned off All 3 limitations for USBDriveLog Works only on Windows 10 and Windows 11 Shows nothing if the required event log channels are turned off Vendor and product names need a separately downloaded usb.ids file
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Not open source
License: Freeware	License: Freeware
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for USBDeview nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html Catalog checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for USBDriveLog nirsoft.net/utils/usb_drive_log.html Catalog checked October 8, 2026

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