Normally, when I'm using external USB hard drives and the like, when I want to disconnect of of them while Windows is running, I click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the Taskbar, select the device involved, click on it, and then proceed to unplug the device. Windows does not give me a "bloop" when I do this - so far so good.
Many devices do not apparently consider themselves as "removable", such as USB printers. If I want to shut down a printer whle I'm still on the computer, I see no protocol to do this, other than to just power it off. Windows XP then gives out its "bloop", implying that I've done something I shouldn't have.
So, the questions are -
1. Are there any ramifications of just shutting down the printer as I do, or
2. Is there a "proper" way to shut it down, to not incur a "bloop"?
3. Or, should I just wait until the system is shut down to then shut down the printer (or similar device) in question?
4. Or should I just overlook the bloop, and keep doing what I have been doing?
Ron Hirsch
Many devices do not apparently consider themselves as "removable", such as USB printers. If I want to shut down a printer whle I'm still on the computer, I see no protocol to do this, other than to just power it off. Windows XP then gives out its "bloop", implying that I've done something I shouldn't have.
So, the questions are -
1. Are there any ramifications of just shutting down the printer as I do, or
2. Is there a "proper" way to shut it down, to not incur a "bloop"?
3. Or, should I just wait until the system is shut down to then shut down the printer (or similar device) in question?
4. Or should I just overlook the bloop, and keep doing what I have been doing?
Ron Hirsch