Choosing what triggers "Safely Remove Hardware" icon

[Guest]

How can I choose what USB devices trigger the XP "Safely Remove Hardware"
tray icon? (Yes, I'm aware there is an option to "Always Hide" the icon, but
I don't want to do that.)

Specifically I'm trying to stop my USB Wireless Router Adapter from
activating the SRH icon, because I have no intention of removing the Adapter.
Surely there must be a registry tweak out there.

 

[Uwe Sieber]

How can I choose what USB devices trigger the XP "Safely Remove Hardware"
tray icon? (Yes, I'm aware there is an option to "Always Hide" the icon, but
I don't want to do that.)

Specifically I'm trying to stop my USB Wireless Router Adapter from
activating the SRH icon, because I have no intention of removing the Adapter.
Surely there must be a registry tweak out there.

Check out this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ardware/browse_thread/thread/88af269e39119f5b


Uwe

 

[Guest]

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction, but I'm now a bit lost again.

My Device Manager indicates that my USB Adapter -- which is a D-Link
DWL-G122, by the way -- has "Removable Capabilities" and a device ID code
which I'll call {DWL-G122}

In the Registry I located keys for the Adapter in two places:

HKLM\System\ControlSet002\Enum\USB\{DWL G122}
HKLM\System\ControlSet003\Enum\USB\{DWL G122}

Both keys have four sub-branches ending with -1, -2, -4, and -6.

This makes a total of EIGHT sub-branches which all include the value:
Capabilities REG_DWORD 0x000000004 (4)

Do I have to edit all eight instances of this value? Actually, when I try
to edit them I get an error message: "Cannot Edit Capabilities: error writing
the value's new contents."

What's my next move?

Ed.

 

[Uwe Sieber]

If it's attached it should be found under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet.

There is no need to modify under ControlSetXXX.


Uwe

 

[Guest]

You're right, there is a "Capabilities" value under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
which I can change from 4 to 8.

Unfortunately the value resets itself back to 4 on restart. I can run a
manual regedit /s xxxx.reg command as you suggested in the other thread, but
do have to do this every time I reboot? Isn't there some way of making the
value permanent?

Thanks
Ed.

 

[Uwe Sieber]

I don't know a way to make it permanent. It seems to come
out of the driver each time the hardware is enumerated.


Uwe