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From: Pgr (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 07:44:56 -0800

Hi,

I have a few questions about USB flash drives (pendrives,
etc.), perhaps one of you can help:

1- I'm using my USB drive and then I log off, forgetting
to unplug the drive. Do I have to log back on just to
unplug it, so I can safely remove it, or does logging off
automatically unplug the device?

2- Is there a way to uplug the disk besides using the
icon on the system tray? Like something you can put in a
program or batch file?

3- Does anyone know if Microsoft is planning to improve
the user interface for these devices
(plugging/unplugging). I do that stuff so often I wish it
involved less mouse-clicks, there should be shortcut
keys, etc.?

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