First post, by DustyShinigami
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I thought I'd created a thread specifically for this, but it looks like it was included in another thread concerning some general problems I was having with 98. This particular issue was never addressed though.
Has anyone experienced the Safely Remove Hardware icon going missing after a while? When I first installed the USB drivers - NUSB33.exe - the icon appears and stays in the taskbar. However, after something else has been installed, usually a big driver update, it disappears for good. This time it disappeared after installing the drivers for the Sound Blaster Audigy 2. It makes it a bit of a pain for disconnecting my pen drive. And while I can go to Explorer, right click on the drive, and hit Eject, it's not always guaranteed to do it. I did it just and removed it and it still complained it hadn't been removed properly. It doesn't give any indication that it's done something. Even the drive doesn't disappear. At least with Safely Remove Hardware, or as Windows calls it - 'hotplug icon' - I had more of an idea. It actually tells you you can remove it.
I have tried completely removing the drivers and re-installing them, but it's never worked. It still doesn't come back. Is there some registry entry for it? Some kind of toggle I can use? Thanks.
OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Slot 1 Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/128MB Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Motherboard: ABit AB-BE6-II Intel 440BX
HDD: C, D - IDE 1, CD-ROM - IDE 2, E - IDE 3
