Removing Hardware

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When I boot my new XP (Hewlett-Packard) I get an icon on the right side of
the taskbar that when clicked allows me to "safely remove hardware" It
lists drives H, G, I and J These seem to be multi media inputs on the
front of the computer. I don't want to remove any and I don't want to have
that icon there, just in case I may accidentally remove those devices. How
do I keep that icon from showing up?

Thanks.

Chet

 

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If you have the Hide Inactive Icons feature turned on, right click the Taskbar and select Properties, then Customize. Locate the Safely Remove Hardware entry and set it to Always Hide.

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"CGB" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message news:ee$zpfEdEHA.1644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> When I boot my new XP (Hewlett-Packard) I get an icon on the right side of
> the taskbar that when clicked allows me to "safely remove hardware" It
> lists drives H, G, I and J These seem to be multi media inputs on the
> front of the computer. I don't want to remove any and I don't want to have
> that icon there, just in case I may accidentally remove those devices. How
> do I keep that icon from showing up?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chet
>
>

 

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Thank you.

Chet

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23Ov881EdEHA.4092@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
If you have the Hide Inactive Icons feature turned on, right click the
Taskbar and select Properties, then Customize. Locate the Safely Remove
Hardware entry and set it to Always Hide.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
--------------------------------
Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

"CGB" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:ee$zpfEdEHA.1644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> When I boot my new XP (Hewlett-Packard) I get an icon on the right side of
> the taskbar that when clicked allows me to "safely remove hardware" It
> lists drives H, G, I and J These seem to be multi media inputs on the
> front of the computer. I don't want to remove any and I don't want to
have
> that icon there, just in case I may accidentally remove those devices.
How
> do I keep that icon from showing up?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chet
>
>

 

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You're welcome. I've been digging into how to get rid of it in either case, without much success at this point.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
--------------------------------
Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

"CGB" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message news:eFO2VAFdEHA.3632@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Thank you.
>
> Chet
>
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23Ov881EdEHA.4092@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> If you have the Hide Inactive Icons feature turned on, right click the
> Taskbar and select Properties, then Customize. Locate the Safely Remove
> Hardware entry and set it to Always Hide.
>
> --
> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
> --------------------------------
> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
> --------------------------------
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
> "CGB" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:ee$zpfEdEHA.1644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> When I boot my new XP (Hewlett-Packard) I get an icon on the right side of
>> the taskbar that when clicked allows me to "safely remove hardware" It
>> lists drives H, G, I and J These seem to be multi media inputs on the
>> front of the computer. I don't want to remove any and I don't want to
> have
>> that icon there, just in case I may accidentally remove those devices.
> How
>> do I keep that icon from showing up?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Chet
>>
>>
>
>

 

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What if you try this and it is already set to "always hide"?

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

> If you have the Hide Inactive Icons feature turned on, right click the Taskbar and select Properties, then Customize. Locate the Safely Remove Hardware entry and set it to Always Hide.
>
> --
> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
> --------------------------------
> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
> --------------------------------
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
> "CGB" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message news:ee$zpfEdEHA.1644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > When I boot my new XP (Hewlett-Packard) I get an icon on the right side of
> > the taskbar that when clicked allows me to "safely remove hardware" It
> > lists drives H, G, I and J These seem to be multi media inputs on the
> > front of the computer. I don't want to remove any and I don't want to have
> > that icon there, just in case I may accidentally remove those devices. How
> > do I keep that icon from showing up?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Chet
> >
> >
>