USB flash memory can't be stopped without logging off

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From: JClark (jclark_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:33:24 GMT

On my Win2k sp4 machine, I can't "unplug-eject" the USB flash memory
device without rebooting or logging off/on. This happens after I copy
a file to or from the USB device. The message is to try again later,
but "later" never comes when I have tried to wait just to test it.

The same flash memory device does fine on my WinXP machine when I
choose to "safely remove hardware"...the XP equivalent of the 2k
command.
Is there any workaround for this?
Don't tell me I've finally found something XP does better than 2k!

Jack

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