Safe to Remove Hardware Notification

[Josh Moloney]

I am using Windows Vista.
I also use a USB thumb/pen drive

When I want to disconnect, I select the Safely remove hardware icon on the
taskbar and select "Safely Remove Hardware".

Vista pops up a message "Safe to Remove Hardware"
I then need to click "OK" to close the message.

Windows XP pops up the same message but you do not have to click OK to close
the notification.

How do I make Vista do the same thing. I know it is a small thing, but I
find it really annoying. I dont know why they have changed it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

When you see the plug in device icon in the notification area change or
disappear, that means you can safely remove it.

 

[Josh Moloney]

There is no problem disconnecting the device, it is just the extra mouse
click on "OK" I find annoying. With XP you did not need to click OK.

 

[User]

You don't have to click OK, just remove it and the OK dialog box will
disappear.

All the best,
George