It's usually a driver issue. Are you using the same driver on all machines.
If the NIC came preinstalled from the factory, you should contact Dell about
this issue.
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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
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"danjava" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Hi:
>
> I have four Dell Inspiron 2500 laptops, that
> all have Linksys Wireless NIC's. On two of
> them the "safely remove hardware" icon is
> present and on the other two it is not.
> I am using the same driver for the wireless
> NIC on all four units. How do I get this
> icon to appear on all four on my machines
> in the notification area???
>
> regards and thanks
>
> dan