Re: Flash drive annoyance

Actually, I don't believe that is quite true. If you plug a USB storage
device in the SAME port, it should NOT cause this problem. Only when you
put it in a NEW port should this happen. Windows remembers devices that
have been inserted in that port before.

Tom
"Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It's actually quite logical - even if annoying - when you understand that
> every time you plug in a USB or 1394 device, Windows treats it like new
> hardware and tries to configure it. When you unplug the device, Windows
> has
> no way of knowing if you're ever going to plug it in again.
>
> Given the relatively recent proliferation of USB and 1394 storage devices,
> perhaps Vista will ship with a way to deal more efficiently with this type
> of hardware.
>
> --
> Ted Zieglar
> "You can do it if you try."
>
> "Bob Pownall" <repownall@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On my Dell Inspiron 8500 (Windows XP Pro, SP2), I've recently begun
>> experiencing an annoyance.
>>
>> When I plug my SanDisk 512Mb flash drive into one of the USB ports on
>> the docking adaptor, Windows pops up a window saying:
>>
>> The disk or device contains more than one type of content.
>> What do you want Windows to do?
>>
>> I want it to "Do Nothing", and I've told it this in the past. (It
>> appears that my I8500 has "forgotten", as up to about three days ago, it
>> "Did Nothing".)
>>
>> On other systems where I used the flash drive, this dialog window has a
>> "Don't ask me this again" check box, but for some reason the check box
>> doesn't appear on my I8500. (I'm almost sure it did in the past, and I
>> checked the "Don't ask me again" message.)
>>
>> Any ideas? As I said in the subject, this isn't really a problem, but
>> it is rather annoying.
>>
>> Bob Pownall
>


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