Safely remove hardware utility

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Claire

Does anyone know how to remove the Safely Remove Hardware
icon from the taskbar? My system's slowed down a lot
since I attached a USB ASDL modem, and the icon
appeared.. probably no connection, but I'd like to get
rid of it!

thanks,
Claire
 
Claire said:
Does anyone know how to remove the Safely Remove Hardware
icon from the taskbar? My system's slowed down a lot
since I attached a USB ASDL modem, and the icon
appeared.. probably no connection, but I'd like to get
rid of it!

thanks,
Claire
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It will be there if you have a usb device attached. You can hide it but not
remove.
 
sli said:
It will be there if you have a usb device attached. You can hide it
but not remove.
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The Safely Remove Hardware icon isn't responsible for slowing down your
system. Since the problem started when you attached the usb modem,
start troubleshooting there. Do you have a lot of other usb devices?
What are your system specs? Can you use an ethernet adsl modem? And
perhaps you've picked up some malware now that you have a fast Internet
connection. Scan with current av using updated definitions and remove
spyware with Spybot S&D and/or Ad-aware. Empty temporary and Temporary
Internet files folder. Post back for more help.

Malke
 
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The Safely Remove Hardware icon isn't responsible for slowing down your
system. Since the problem started when you attached the usb modem,
start troubleshooting there. Do you have a lot of other usb devices?
What are your system specs? Can you use an ethernet adsl modem? And
perhaps you've picked up some malware now that you have a fast Internet
connection. Scan with current av using updated definitions and remove
spyware with Spybot S&D and/or Ad-aware. Empty temporary and Temporary
Internet files folder. Post back for more help.

Malke
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System is a P3 700, with 384 RAM, and Geforce2 MX. I only
have one other USB device attached - the mouse. I've
tried updating all the drivers I can think of (modem,
graphics, motherboard, flashed the bios) and virus
checked the system. Nothing seems to help. I tried
benchmarking the pc with 3D2001, and it returned 940 with
the modem attached, and 1720 without. Help!

thanks,
Claire
 
Claire said:
Does anyone know how to remove the Safely Remove Hardware
icon from the taskbar? My system's slowed down a lot
since I attached a USB ASDL modem, and the icon
appeared.. probably no connection, but I'd like to get
rid of it!
Click to expand...


There isn't a connection, except that this always appears if you have
such USB devices, so as to allow you to terminate processes that may be
transferring data before pulling the plug. You can hide it - r-click in
the Task bar, Properties, check 'Hide unused icons. , Customise and next
to the entry, in the Behaviour column, select 'Always Hide'.

The ADSL modem may need upgraded (or at least different) drivers. As you
are in the UK you need ones described as for 'PPPoA' not 'PPPoE' which
is what the system may have installed - certainly if it offered an
upgrade. If it is one of the green Alcatel 'manta ray' ones, the site
is http://www.speedtouchdsl.com/support.htm
and the top section 'for ISDN'. The 'newest' version are the topmost,
2.0.1 ones, but the third down, release 1.6 worked well for me when I
used one a year ago
 
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