its back, the safely remove hardware nuisance

only its on another computer and what its yammering about is my printer which is plugged into a usb port. its a brand new hp printer and im not about to yank it out. i wont have a printer. how do i get this thing to shut up and go away. any suggestions welcome. it only comes on when i turn the printer on to print something , otherwise it is never seen.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q310575&ID=KB;EN-US;Q310575

 

Hello pishbloom2,

Right-click a blank area in the notification area > Properties.

Under the Notification area heading, click Customize. Find the Safely Remove Hardware icon > select Always hide in the Behavior column next to it > OK and Apply.

Regards - Charles

 

thanks for the tips guys. what i did was go to my taskbar and start menu and under past items for the safely remove hardware i hit the always hide option , then i used the printer and it didnt come on to annoy me so i think its fixed for now. if not ill do the other suggestions.

 

Hi pishbloom,

What you did and what I wrote instructions for is the same thing, the Notification (clock) area is part of the Taskbar.

There's nothing wrong with your usb, so trouble shooting is irrelevant. If it comes back, not much you can do except a registry hack - this is one of XP's annoyances.

Regards - Charles

 

sorry charles, i misread your instructions but i guess it was done correctly the way you advised. im just getting over the stomach flu thats been going around and now i have a head cold so im not feeling too swift right now. if it happens again ill just ignore it as im not about to touch the registry. i think we can mark this annoyance as solved. i just wish there was a magic button i could push to delete this cold. thanks again.

 

Hi pishbloom,

No problem - hope you get better

Didn't want to leave the impression for others that you and I are writing about two different things when they research this problem.

Regards - Charles

 

thanks, i will be eating hot soup and throat lozenges and anything thats cold and soothing for my sore throat. hopefully after this i should be healthy as having the flu and a cold in one week is enough.