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> Double-click the USB tray icon to see what USB devices it is monitoring.
It is the Motorola Cable Modem. Thats my internet connection.
"Vanguardx" <see_signature> wrote in message
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> "Ben Stevenson" <casiopie963@hotmail.com>
> wrote in news:%23U$v3GblEHA.2864@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl:
> > There are some icons in the Systems Tray that are of not much use,
> > but am unable to remove them. I do not see them in Startup. There are
> > two such Icons :
> > 1. "Local area connection - a network cable is unplugged."
> > I am not on any network. this is a stand-alone computer.
>
> My first thought is that you have the option enabled in the LAN
> connectoid to show network status. That displays a double-monitor tray
> icon which blinks the in or out monitor depending on the direction of
> traffic flow. However, if you ever disable the LAN connectoid then that
> tray icon disappear until you reenable the LAN connectoid. Since
> disabling the LAN connectoid makes its tray icon disappear, if that
> option were enabled, then you could not see "network cable is unplugged"
> because that tray icon wouldn't be there anymore. So I suspect you have
> a firewall that is reporting that status using its tray icon.
>
> > 2. "Safely remove hardware."
>
> I think this is the USB controller icon. You have something USB plugged
> in. This lets you click on that USB controller icon so you can
> disconnect the USB device before physically unplugging it. Some devices
> don't work well if you simply yank them out of the USB port before you
> logically disconnect them. Look at your USB devices. I have a memory
> stick (acts like a drive). It has an option to disconnect without me
> having to do it manually (i.e., I can just yank the USB stick). I think
> USB hard drives have the option to disconnect automatically (which means
> you cannot have its cache enabled since it wouldn't get flushed - since
> there is no way to physically bar you from unplugging the USB cable
> before the device would detect that action and flush its cache before
> letting you physically yank the USB cable). Double-click the USB tray
> icon to see what USB devices it is monitoring.
>
>
>
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