Comments on: Safely Remove Hardware?

By: Bruce B

Bruce B — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:11:12 +0000

two questions regarding this icon – often I lose my wifi connection and will remove the usb air card yet the icon remains on the tray. No device is listed in the window. When this happens, I am unable to get my computer to shut off and must force off the power (then reboot again). What is causing this (repeatedly) to happen and can I go to a registry somewhere to shut off the “safely remove hardware” program when the icon is present despite no USB being connected?
Secondly, I often get a prompt (over and over and over) that “this device can work more quickly if plugged into …” or some similarly worded message. Often I can’t get that prompt to quit appearing unless the device (my aircard) is fully installed and operating. The little check box in that popup that says “do not show again” does not keep the same message from popping right back up again. Can THAT message be found and disabled in the registry? (I am on Vista home with a Compaq pressario). Neither is a serious issue, but over time has gotten very frustrating and the icon freezing my OS is building up a LOT of lost time spent rebooting.

By: Ann Clemmons

Ann Clemmons — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:58:57 +0000

Hey again, I wrote Google, when I meant to write Dell. I bought my computer from Dell, and still have a warranty.

Well, it just goes to show, there’s a lot to be said for proofreading.

Sorry for the typo~ To you and to Google.

Ann

By: Ann Clemmons

Ann Clemmons — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:55:42 +0000

Thank you for being here. I’m been advised by Google to “back up” my system and have it wiped, in fact I just purchased a disk drive and was going to call them tom. My question to you is, should I unplug my USB cable tonight? Or should I let it alone to see what it writes?

In any event, thanks again for being here, because I’m sure you made more sense to me than I am making to you~

Let me know if you can help~

Ann