Harold:
Evidently you are leaving your flash drive
plugged in all the time. If you remove it when
the icon says it is "safe to remove hardware"
(when the flash drive is not being accessed),
the icon will go away.
Wally
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:49:34 -0400 "Harold B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello again,
>
> Using Windows XP on a Compaq and using AVG and ZoneAlarm along with
> Ad-aware,
> Spybot, etc. to protect the system, and having heard that it is not
> wise to
> use multiple vir*s protectors, I deleted what is called here,
> "Windows
> Security System". I see no adverse effects but the "Windows Security
> Alerts"
> icon remains on the System Tray. It looks like a small red badge
> with a white
> x on it. Does anyone know where in the system I can remove that icon
> OR, is
> there any program that removes "stubborn" icons from the System
> Tray?
>
> While I'm at it, there is also an icon there called "Safely Remove
> Hardware"
> and when open, there are two icons listed both reading "USB Mass
> Storage
> Device" (which contrary to the name, "Safely Remove Hardware," will
> never stay
> removed). Since nothing else ever appears in that "Safely Remove
> Hardware"
> window, I might use the above mentioned System Tray "stubborn icon
> remover"
> (if there is one) to also remove that "Safely Remove Hardware" icon.
> I'd be
> happy to keep just three icons in that System Tray (AVG, ZoneAlarm,
> and the
> internet connection; I don't count the clock as an icon). ---
> Harold
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