Hello ,
I have a similar problem in XP . I dont see the Safely Remove Hardware button on the Taskbar , so I tried to unhide it using the Taskbar properties but they are grayed out , also when I try to remove them using the MyComputer > Properties > Hardware > Device Manager and try to get the Safely Remove Wizard Its also grayed out.
Another option I have tried is to right click on the USB Flash Drive and Click Eject but I get the following error " windows cannot safely remove the hardware , a process is using it." Funny thing about this is that this happens even if i just plug in the usb drive and try to remove it without copying or deleting anything .
Any ideas ? Maybe bad Flash drive ?
Thanks
gh057