In the Taskbar the items checked are Lock Taskbar, Keep Taskbar on top, Group Similar taskbar buttons, Show Quick Launch, Show Clock and HIde inactive icons. Of course I unclicked the Hide Inactive Icons and the Safely Remove Hardware appears. Tho I never had that checked before and the Icon was there for most of the time I've been going between computers.
Any reasons for the hang ups?
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Not sure if we did this already but at least create a new restore point and hide system files:
You need to create a new Clean restore point.
Note: This will remove all previous Restore Points
Click Start Menu > Run > copy and paste
%SystemRoot%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe
Press OK. Choose Create a Restore Point then click Next. Name it (something you'll remember) and click Create, when the confirmation screen shows the restore point has been created click Close.
Double-click My Computer.
Click the Tools menu, and then click Folder Options.
Click the View tab. Check "Hide file extensions for known file types."
Under the "Hidden files" folder, Uncheck "Show hidden files and folders." Check "Hide protected operating system files."
Click Apply, and then click OK.
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