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Old 03-20-2008   #4 (permalink)
Bob F.
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Re: Computer thinks hardware is connected

Exclamation marks, red "x"'s. anything out of the ordinary. Did you ever
have a pen drive connected? Maybe it needs to be satisfied if you did.
Plug one in, then remove it. Any other USB device may also fool it.

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Regards, BobF.
"David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I don't see anything unusual there. What should I be looking for?
> David
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> "Bob F." wrote:
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>> Anything show up in Device Manager?
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>> Regards, BobF.
>> "David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >I have no hardware connected to my laptop (no printers, flash drives,
>> >iPods,
>> > etc.), but the computer keeps making the "safely remove hardware" beep
>> > every
>> > few minutes. The icon to do this quickly appears on the bottom taskbar
>> > for a
>> > second. I was able to catch it and open it, but it shows no hardware.
>> > How
>> > can I stop the comoputer from thinking something is attached?
>> >
>> >
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