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Windows 7 fixes Vista Safely remove hardware frustration
Something that has frustrated me greatly about Vista is that you cannot remove a USB key if it is open in Windows Explorer. You could in Windows XP, and if there are no other files open it seems needlessly fussy. I accept that the preview may have files open but as it’s part of Windows Explorer it should be able to close the file.
Anyway, Windows 7 RC1 has redeemed Microsoft. I have just been able to select Safely Remove hardware when the contents of my USB key where displayed in Windows Explorer.
Granted it’s not a big change, but Windows 7 is impressing me partly because many of those little annoyances in Vista have been fixed.
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This will be nice as Vista has been driving me crazy with this little "quirk".
posted-by Scott | June 23, 2009 5:10 PM
Thanks for the insight. I am still trying to figure out why, as large as the company is, they cannot come up with a software that ran nearly as well as 2000. I dislike Vista but was told I would void my computer warranty if I wiped out Vista and installed any other OS. Anyone had that conflict? BM
posted-by Bill Mitchell | June 29, 2009 7:21 PM