Utility disappeared for "Safely Remove Hardware"

[Herb W]

After setting up my wireless network and adjusting my
internet settings, I found that the icon in my taskbar
for "safely remove hardware" is gone. How do I restore
this?

[Earl F. Parrish]

"Herb W" > wrote in message
...
> After setting up my wireless network and adjusting my
> internet settings, I found that the icon in my taskbar
> for "safely remove hardware" is gone. How do I restore
> this?

It is only there if you have a device which can be removed while the
computer is running and has to be shutdown first. Examples would be
USB card readers, cameras and removable storage devices. If you
just unplugged a USB card reader while data are being transferred,
you could lose some of the data. Devices such as scanner or
printers can be unplugged at will. A network device would require
that all open connections be closed before disconnecting. Wireless
devices usually have quick disconnect built-in since the connection
can be lost at any time without prior warning. You could go out of
range, your battery could run down, the host could be turned off or
authentication could fail.

--
Earl F. Parrish

[Herb]

The utility was present prior since I have a USB CD
burner installed.

Now, even though the USB CD burner is still installed and
plugged in, the utility is missing.

Help!


>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Herb W" > wrote in message
...
>> After setting up my wireless network and adjusting my
>> internet settings, I found that the icon in my taskbar
>> for "safely remove hardware" is gone. How do I restore
>> this?
>
>It is only there if you have a device which can be
removed while the
>computer is running and has to be shutdown first.
Examples would be
>USB card readers, cameras and removable storage
devices. If you
>just unplugged a USB card reader while data are being
transferred,
>you could lose some of the data. Devices such as
scanner or
>printers can be unplugged at will. A network device
would require
>that all open connections be closed before
disconnecting. Wireless
>devices usually have quick disconnect built-in since the
connection
>can be lost at any time without prior warning. You
could go out of
>range, your battery could run down, the host could be
turned off or
>authentication could fail.
>
>--
>Earl F. Parrish
>
>.
>

[Earl F. Parrish]

"Herb" > wrote in message
...
> The utility was present prior since I have a USB CD
> burner installed.
>
> Now, even though the USB CD burner is still installed and
> plugged in, the utility is missing.
>
> Help!
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >"Herb W" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> After setting up my wireless network and adjusting my
> >> internet settings, I found that the icon in my taskbar
> >> for "safely remove hardware" is gone. How do I restore
> >> this?
> >
> >It is only there if you have a device which can be
> removed while the
> >computer is running and has to be shutdown first.
> Examples would be
> >USB card readers, cameras and removable storage
> devices. If you
> >just unplugged a USB card reader while data are being
> transferred,
> >you could lose some of the data. Devices such as
> scanner or
> >printers can be unplugged at will. A network device
> would require
> >that all open connections be closed before
> disconnecting. Wireless
> >devices usually have quick disconnect built-in since the
> connection
> >can be lost at any time without prior warning. You
> could go out of
> >range, your battery could run down, the host could be
> turned off or
> >authentication could fail.
> >
> >--
> >Earl F. Parrish
> >
> >.
> >

Put a disk in the drive and see what happens.

--
Earl F. Parrish

[Herb W.]

Even with a disk in the drive, the drive on or off, the
utility for "safely remove hardware" is missing. Prior
to establishing my wireless network, it was there.

Any new suggestions?

-- Herb


>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Herb" > wrote in message
...
>> The utility was present prior since I have a USB CD
>> burner installed.
>>
>> Now, even though the USB CD burner is still installed
and
>> plugged in, the utility is missing.
>>
>> Help!
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >
>> >"Herb W" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> After setting up my wireless network and adjusting
my
>> >> internet settings, I found that the icon in my
taskbar
>> >> for "safely remove hardware" is gone. How do I
restore
>> >> this?
>> >
>> >It is only there if you have a device which can be
>> removed while the
>> >computer is running and has to be shutdown first.
>> Examples would be
>> >USB card readers, cameras and removable storage
>> devices. If you
>> >just unplugged a USB card reader while data are being
>> transferred,
>> >you could lose some of the data. Devices such as
>> scanner or
>> >printers can be unplugged at will. A network device
>> would require
>> >that all open connections be closed before
>> disconnecting. Wireless
>> >devices usually have quick disconnect built-in since
the
>> connection
>> >can be lost at any time without prior warning. You
>> could go out of
>> >range, your battery could run down, the host could be
>> turned off or
>> >authentication could fail.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Earl F. Parrish
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>Put a disk in the drive and see what happens.
>
>--
>Earl F. Parrish
>
>.
>