Safely Remove Hardware

[W Rickman]

After installing a Cable modem a "Safely Remove Hardware" icon has
manifested itself in the system tray. Clicking it brings up a dialog to
remove the modem. I know I can hide it as inactive but is it possible to
remove it completely. Modem will never want to be removed. Where can I find
out more about this feature?

WR

[Nicholas]

Right-click on your Taskbar and select:

Properties > Customize and click once on the
"Safely Remove Hardware Icon". From its drop-down
menu, select "always hide" and click "apply".

Safe Removal of Plug and Play Devices
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=3D/technet/prod=
technol/winxppro/reskit/prdh_dmt_cgwi.asp


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"W Rickman" > wrote in message:
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| After installing a Cable modem a "Safely Remove Hardware" icon has
| manifested itself in the system tray. Clicking it brings up a dialog =
to
| remove the modem. I know I can hide it as inactive but is it possible =
to
| remove it completely. Modem will never want to be removed. Where can I =
find
| out more about this feature?
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| WR
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[Rob Schneider]

W Rickman wrote:
> After installing a Cable modem a "Safely Remove Hardware" icon has
> manifested itself in the system tray. Clicking it brings up a dialog to
> remove the modem. I know I can hide it as inactive but is it possible to
> remove it completely. Modem will never want to be removed. Where can I find
> out more about this feature?
>
> WR
>
>

That's odd. Adding something evidently makes the computer think
something has been removed and is now ready to be physically taken out.
Idea: check on properties of "My Computer" Hardware Tab, Device
Manager and see if there is any hardware which is *supposed* to be
working, but now no longer is. May give a clue.

[Cooter]

If I understand it's function correctly, the "safely remove hardware"
function is used to flush the write buffers of a USB device. I am cautioned
in my digital camera manual to use this function before disconnecting either
the camera or the card reader. For what it's worth, when I use the function
to disconnect my camera, the available hardware items listed includes my
cable modem. I simply ignore it since I don't want to remove it.