safely remove hardware icon persists

[Marshall Laww]

running winXP sp2

every time I reboot (which i cannot do without the PC freezing on the blue
screen o' death and me hitting the off button, but that's another issue),
anyhow everytime i reboot an icon comes up in the systray that says I can
safely remove my com21 cable modem. but I dont want to. I am using it. why
does this come up, and more importantly how do I stop the icon/wizard from
showing up?

thanks,
b

 

[Alias]

: running winXP sp2
:
: every time I reboot (which i cannot do without the PC freezing on the blue
: screen o' death and me hitting the off button, but that's another issue),
: anyhow everytime i reboot an icon comes up in the systray that says I can
: safely remove my com21 cable modem. but I dont want to. I am using it. why
: does this come up, and more importantly how do I stop the icon/wizard from
: showing up?
:
: thanks,
: b

It's there in case you want to disconnect. Leave it alone. Don't try to fix
something that's not broken. I would be more worried about the BSOD problem
you're having than a tiny icon in your systray if I were you.

Alias

 

[Marshall Laww]

: running winXP sp2
:
: every time I reboot (which i cannot do without the PC freezing on the
blue
: screen o' death and me hitting the off button, but that's another
issue),
: anyhow everytime i reboot an icon comes up in the systray that says I
can
: safely remove my com21 cable modem. but I dont want to. I am using it.
why
: does this come up, and more importantly how do I stop the icon/wizard
from
: showing up?
:
: thanks,
: b

It's there in case you want to disconnect. Leave it alone. Don't try to
fix
something that's not broken. I would be more worried about the BSOD
problem
you're having than a tiny icon in your systray if I were you.

Alias

thanks. I just wanted to make sure nothing was broken that might want
fixing.

and believe me i have been troubleshooting my shut down problem for weeks.
there seem to be about a bajillion causes and a few solutions to the BSOD
shutdown problems in winXP SP2.

B

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[Alias]

:

: >
: >
: > : running winXP sp2
: > :
: > : every time I reboot (which i cannot do without the PC freezing on the
: > blue
: > : screen o' death and me hitting the off button, but that's another
: > issue),
: > : anyhow everytime i reboot an icon comes up in the systray that says I
: > can
: > : safely remove my com21 cable modem. but I dont want to. I am using it.
: > why
: > : does this come up, and more importantly how do I stop the icon/wizard
: > from
: > : showing up?
: > :
: > : thanks,
: > : b
: >
: > It's there in case you want to disconnect. Leave it alone. Don't try to
: > fix
: > something that's not broken. I would be more worried about the BSOD
: > problem
: > you're having than a tiny icon in your systray if I were you.
: >
: > Alias
: >
: >
:
: thanks. I just wanted to make sure nothing was broken that might want
: fixing.
:
: and believe me i have been troubleshooting my shut down problem for weeks.
: there seem to be about a bajillion causes and a few solutions to the BSOD
: shutdown problems in winXP SP2.
:
: B

The way I look at is you might spend hours/weeks trying to fix it and not
come up with the solution or hours reformatting installing XP, cleaning up,
and then installing SP 2, preferably from the CD. Personally, I prefer the
for sure way if trying to fix something like that if it ends up taking
longer than an hour or two and I still haven't sorted it out and can't get
an easy solution from someone else. YMMV.

Alias