Safely Remove Hardware icon

[Guest]

I just bought a HP all in one printer. I installed everything correctly.
The problem that I have now is that the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon stays
on all the time. Is there a way to get rid of this. I have tried to right
click the task bar and tried to choose the Customize Notifications but that
item is not letting me choose it. Is there anything that I can do to stop
this icon from popping up?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You can't remove it. All you can do is always hide it.

Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Taskbar tab | Customize button |
Find the Safely Remove Hardware icon | Click on the Behavior item to show
the V | Click the V to display: Hide when inactive, Always hide and Always
show | Select Always hide | Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Also...
Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Taskbar tab |
Select: Hide inactive icons

Notification area Hide inactive icons is grayed out.

"Hide inactive icons" is greyed out in Taskbar Properties
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/traynotify.htm

Also...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

290. Hide Inactive Icons - Greyed Out

If you have Norton/Symantec crap, read this.

<quote>
I had just found out the culprit for this problem: it was "me". Some weeks
back I was fiddling with Norton's Utilities System Optimizer and had
check-marked Start menu /Turn off System Tray CleanUp. I am explaining this
for the benefit of other NAV users.
<quote>
Hide Inactive Icons Greyed Out
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...93226?lnk=st&q=&rnum=2&hl=en#b7efb0e4e9093226

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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