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Safely Remove Hardware Icon on Windows

Safely Remove Hardware Icon on Windows

I used to notice the Safely Remove Hardware icon was always missing from my taskbar. It was pretty weird. I would log in as Admin to my Windows XP PC but the Safely Remove Hardware Icon would always be missing. So I surf around and found 2 solutions.

1. Run a command to bring up the Safely Remove Hardware dialog screen.

There are times that the Safely Remove Hardware Icon is missing or disappeared from the try bar. In Windows Safe Mode, you can’t find the Safely Remove Hardware icon at all! Is shutting down the computer the only way to safely stop and unplug your USB devices? Fortunately not. Here are some ways you can bring back the Safely Remove Hardware window when the icon is missing. source

2. Download an app called USB Disk Ejector. A program that allows you to quickly remove USB devices in Windows. It was originally designed to remove only USB pen drives but will now eject any USB device. It can be run as a non-visual command line program or a normal gui program. Its very useful if you have a USB flash/pen drive, especially if you use a menu such as PStart or the Portable Apps launcher.

Lifeblog post. Izzi pizza At uptown

Mon 31/12/2007 09:11 31122007111

Just found out there is an izzi pizza outlet in uptown damansara. Their pizzas are delicious. I first had them back in 2006 when i was visiting jakarta.

Rename a batch of photos using Windows XP

Rename a batch of photos using Windows XP

When you download images from your digital camera to your computer, the file names of the images have nothing to do with the events or scenes in the pictures. Renaming each file manually is time-consuming, but using this Windows XP technique, you can quickly rename a folder of digital photos all at once. When you use this technique on a folder, all the files in the folder end up with a single name (including a sequential number) that relates to the subject of the images. Using this technique to rename your digital photos makes it easier to locate the one you’re looking for at a later date—a photo named museum of flight august (18).JPG, for example, is easier to find than that some photo named DSCN1518.JPG.

1. View the photos in your folder using the Details view
2. Select a bunch of photos
3. Right click on the first photo on the selection (at the top)
4. Change the name ie Wedding Set 1 and ENTER
5. Voila – the other photos will have their filenames changed accordingly.