In the Windows XP device manager under disk drives select your USB drive and under policies you can select optimize for quick removal. <br>This disables the write cache for the drive and you don't ...

You must have noticed that while disconnecting a device from your Windows computer, a Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon appears in the system tray or the notification area of Windows 11/10.

Gah. It would be handy to be able to get rid of that icon. One of our new servers is running 2k3 and has some hot-swappable hardware -- that icon is always there.<BR><BR>"No, I do not want to stop the ...