Safely Remove Hardware Function

[Nick D]

This is very frustrating...I am trying to hide this
persistant icon for my cable modem that I will never
unhook. I have tried right clicking in the notification
area, but their is no choice to disable it. When I go in
to taskbar and right click, "Customize Notifications..."
is greyed out. If anyone knows another way to disable
it, please let me know. I am running winXP Home SP1.

[Joseph Conway [MSFT]]

Right click the taskbar, choose properties
Choose "Hide inactive icons" and then customize
Change the behavior for the icon to "never show"

--
Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Nick D" > wrote in message
...
> This is very frustrating...I am trying to hide this
> persistant icon for my cable modem that I will never
> unhook. I have tried right clicking in the notification
> area, but their is no choice to disable it. When I go in
> to taskbar and right click, "Customize Notifications..."
> is greyed out. If anyone knows another way to disable
> it, please let me know. I am running winXP Home SP1.

[Paul B T Hodges]

Hey Nick,

If you select, "Hide Inactive Icons" the customize button becomes ungreyed

Paul


"Nick D" > wrote in message
...
> This is very frustrating...I am trying to hide this
> persistant icon for my cable modem that I will never
> unhook. I have tried right clicking in the notification
> area, but their is no choice to disable it. When I go in
> to taskbar and right click, "Customize Notifications..."
> is greyed out. If anyone knows another way to disable
> it, please let me know. I am running winXP Home SP1.

[Nick D]

ok that's not too bad, but I still wish I could
completely get rid of the icon. It has no purpose for
loading everytime I startup.

Thanks for your help,
Nick


>-----Original Message-----
>Right click the taskbar, choose properties
>Choose "Hide inactive icons" and then customize
>Change the behavior for the icon to "never show"
>
>--
>Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
>Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>"Nick D" > wrote in
message
...
>> This is very frustrating...I am trying to hide this
>> persistant icon for my cable modem that I will never
>> unhook. I have tried right clicking in the
notification
>> area, but their is no choice to disable it. When I go
in
>> to taskbar and right click, "Customize
Notifications..."
>> is greyed out. If anyone knows another way to disable
>> it, please let me know. I am running winXP Home SP1.
>
>
>.
>

[Paul B T Hodges]

Nick,

Is this icon, 2 little monitors that you get like for a standard lan
connection, is it peculiar to the manufacturer of the cable modem ?
Have you tried in control panel/network connections,

Right click the connection and select properties, then untick "show icon in
notification area when connected"

Paul


"Nick D" > wrote in message
...
> ok that's not too bad, but I still wish I could
> completely get rid of the icon. It has no purpose for
> loading everytime I startup.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Nick
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Right click the taskbar, choose properties
> >Choose "Hide inactive icons" and then customize
> >Change the behavior for the icon to "never show"
> >
> >--
> >Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
> >Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group
> >
> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> >
> >"Nick D" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> This is very frustrating...I am trying to hide this
> >> persistant icon for my cable modem that I will never
> >> unhook. I have tried right clicking in the
> notification
> >> area, but their is no choice to disable it. When I go
> in
> >> to taskbar and right click, "Customize
> Notifications..."
> >> is greyed out. If anyone knows another way to disable
> >> it, please let me know. I am running winXP Home SP1.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Nick D]

No its not the lan notification. It's the safely remove
hardware icon. I cannot find a way to get rid of the
icon for good.


>-----Original Message-----
>Nick,
>
>Is this icon, 2 little monitors that you get like for a
standard lan
>connection, is it peculiar to the manufacturer of the
cable modem ?
>Have you tried in control panel/network connections,
>
>Right click the connection and select properties, then
untick "show icon in
>notification area when connected"
>
>Paul
>
>
>"Nick D" > wrote in
message
...
>> ok that's not too bad, but I still wish I could
>> completely get rid of the icon. It has no purpose for
>> loading everytime I startup.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Nick
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Right click the taskbar, choose properties
>> >Choose "Hide inactive icons" and then customize
>> >Change the behavior for the icon to "never show"
>> >
>> >--
>> >Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
>> >Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group
>> >
>> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and
>> confers no rights.
>> >
>> >"Nick D" > wrote
in
>> message
>> ...
>> >> This is very frustrating...I am trying to hide this
>> >> persistant icon for my cable modem that I will never
>> >> unhook. I have tried right clicking in the
>> notification
>> >> area, but their is no choice to disable it. When I
go
>> in
>> >> to taskbar and right click, "Customize
>> Notifications..."
>> >> is greyed out. If anyone knows another way to
disable
>> >> it, please let me know. I am running winXP Home
SP1.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Paul B T Hodges]

Sorry I thought it was the cable modem icon for your internet connection

Paul


"Nick D" > wrote in message
...
> No its not the lan notification. It's the safely remove
> hardware icon. I cannot find a way to get rid of the
> icon for good.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Nick,
> >
> >Is this icon, 2 little monitors that you get like for a
> standard lan
> >connection, is it peculiar to the manufacturer of the
> cable modem ?
> >Have you tried in control panel/network connections,
> >
> >Right click the connection and select properties, then
> untick "show icon in
> >notification area when connected"
> >
> >Paul
> >
> >
> >"Nick D" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> ok that's not too bad, but I still wish I could
> >> completely get rid of the icon. It has no purpose for
> >> loading everytime I startup.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help,
> >> Nick
> >>
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Right click the taskbar, choose properties
> >> >Choose "Hide inactive icons" and then customize
> >> >Change the behavior for the icon to "never show"
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
> >> >Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group
> >> >
> >> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
> and
> >> confers no rights.
> >> >
> >> >"Nick D" > wrote
> in
> >> message
> >> ...
> >> >> This is very frustrating...I am trying to hide this
> >> >> persistant icon for my cable modem that I will never
> >> >> unhook. I have tried right clicking in the
> >> notification
> >> >> area, but their is no choice to disable it. When I
> go
> >> in
> >> >> to taskbar and right click, "Customize
> >> Notifications..."
> >> >> is greyed out. If anyone knows another way to
> disable
> >> >> it, please let me know. I am running winXP Home
> SP1.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >