Icon: Safely Remove Hardware

[Bill Martin]

Recently I installed a Brother MFC-3420c printer under XP-Home with a USB
connection. All went well and the printer works properly.

For reasons I can't fathom though, XP insists on putting an icon in my system
tray labeled "Safely Remove Hardware" any time that the printer is powered
on. If I boot the computer with the printer off for example, the icon is not
present. When I turn on the printer though a couple of notes play and the
icon appears in the system tray. Clicking on it will allow me to uninstall
the printer. I can't understand why I want that in my system tray for the
next 5 years or whatever.

I contacted Brother who were quick to point out it's something XP is putting
there, not them. They don't know anything about it, and I suspect they don't
want to know either.

Is there some way to get rid of this? Does anyone know how it's getting
there in the first place?

Thanks...

Bill -- (Remove KILLSPAM from my address to use it)

 

[Gordon]

Recently I installed a Brother MFC-3420c printer under XP-Home with a USB
connection. All went well and the printer works properly.

For reasons I can't fathom though, XP insists on putting an icon in my system
tray labeled "Safely Remove Hardware" any time that the printer is powered
on. If I boot the computer with the printer off for example, the icon is not
present. When I turn on the printer though a couple of notes play and the
icon appears in the system tray. Clicking on it will allow me to uninstall
the printer. I can't understand why I want that in my system tray for the
next 5 years or whatever.

It's part of the "hot-swappable" setup. You can "hot swap" usb peripherals
without re-booting the machine, but the accepted practice is to STOP them
first, which is what the icon is there for.

 

[Bill Martin]

It's part of the "hot-swappable" setup. You can "hot swap" usb peripherals

without re-booting the machine, but the accepted practice is to STOP them
first, which is what the icon is there for.

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Thanks for the info. Is there some way to drive a stake through it's heart
though? I don't want to disconnect my printer until the day it dies and I
replace it.

Curiously, I do use other USB peripherals and none of them bring up this
icon. One is a UPS and another is my camera. From time to time I've also
used a USB mouse. None of them triggered this icon.

Thanks...

Bill -- (Remove KILLSPAM from my address to use it)

 

[Joan Archer]

Same here, the only one that brings it up is when I plug my card reader
in, everything else is USB and connected at all times.
Joan

 

[zulu]

Yep,
My USB card reader brigs it up too.
Calls it a *mass storage device*!

 

[Joan Archer]

Mine is a six in one box so I have to make the choice of which one to use
<g>
Joan

 

[wojo]

XP recognizes "removable" USB deices suh as card readers, Palm Hot Sync
cables, cameras, etc... and then displays the icon when it perceives the
item as a "removable device"

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[Bill Martin]

XP recognizes "removable" USB deices suh as card readers, Palm Hot Sync

cables, cameras, etc... and then displays the icon when it perceives the
item as a "removable device"

That may well be the intent, but in actuality I see the exact opposite
behavior from XP. I plug in my camera I do *not* get the icon. I plug in my
printer (which I consider to be a permanent device, not "removable") and I do
get the icon.

I'd like to have it work the way you describe, rather than the way it does.

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[wojo]

That may well be the intent, but in actuality I see the exact opposite
behavior from XP. I plug in my camera I do *not* get the icon. I plug in
my
printer (which I consider to be a permanent device, not "removable") and I
do
get the icon.

I'd like to have it work the way you describe, rather than the way it
does.

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hmmm, must be a tweak here that somebody will tell us about then because I
get just the opposite.
My USB printer doesn't produce the remove icon. My camera, palm, & MP3
player all do produce it.
Maybe it has something to do with specific drivers.

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