How to remove "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon for NDIS-WDM Driver

Hello,

I am writing a NDIS-WDM (USB ) driver for NDIS5.1 (XP). I used the
sample from Eliyas.

I saw the mailing lists and set the NDIS_ATTRIBUTE_SURPRISE_REMOVAL_OK
bit in the call to NdisMSetAttributesEx from MiniportInitialize
function. And I implemented the additional MiniportPnPEventNotify
function also.

When I plug-in the cable, Windows loads my driver. But the "System Tray"
icon for "Safely Remove Hardware" appears. When I remove the cable, I
get a call to my PnPEventNotify function with SurpriseRemoved event set.
There is no pop-up error message as per XP standards.

But, I was under the understanding that if the SURPRISE_REMOVAL_OK bit
is set, even the "tray icon" does not appear.

Please help me in making sure that my understanding is right. If I am
wrong, what have I done wrong in the driver that this is not working?

Any pointers or any kind of help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for the great help.

Best Regards,

GNRaj

 

Hello everyone (and Eliyas)

One more additional information found after analyzing and debugging.
This "Safely Remove Hardware" icon appears only after applying Windows
XP Service Pack 1/1a.

With Windows XP Gold (without Service pack), the "Safely Remove
Hardware" icon does not appear in the system tray.

Could it point to some changes in the Service Pack?

Thanks & Best Regards,

GNRaj