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Since: Mar 04, 2006
Posts: 7
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:30 am
Post subject: USB Flash drive problem
Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>general (more info?)
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Hi,
I have a 1gb pqi istick 2.0 usb flash drive.
everytime I try to remove the drive safely from the task bar, it always says
"The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the
device again later"
However, no applications, files etc are using the drive. I also tried
closing all open windows. |
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External
Since: Mar 30, 2006
Posts: 178
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:31 pm
Post subject: Re: USB Flash drive problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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eric wrote:
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> everytime I try to remove the drive safely from the task bar, it always says
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> "The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the
> device again later"
>
> However, no applications, files etc are using the drive. I also tried
> closing all open windows.
To discover who has an open handle to the drive get Sysinternals
ProcessExplorer:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html
Start the ProcessExplorer. Go to 'Find'->'Find Handle' and enter
the root path (like U:\) of your drive. Click 'Search'.
Then it lists all processes that hold open handles to your drive.
But it happens that the ProcessExplorer cannot find open handles
because they are held by a process that is deeper in the system
than the ProcessExplorer can look. Typical these are anti virus and
anti spyware software.
Uwe |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:14 am
Post subject: Re: USB Flash drive problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Since: Mar 04, 2006
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:26 am
Post subject: Re: USB Flash drive problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>general (more info?)
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Sorry, didint work.. any more suggestions?
Disabled antivirus and antispywares. no luck
"Uwe Sieber" wrote:
> eric wrote:
> >
> > everytime I try to remove the drive safely from the task bar, it always says
> >
> > "The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the
> > device again later"
> >
> > However, no applications, files etc are using the drive. I also tried
> > closing all open windows.
>
> To discover who has an open handle to the drive get Sysinternals
> ProcessExplorer:
> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html
>
> Start the ProcessExplorer. Go to 'Find'->'Find Handle' and enter
> the root path (like U:\) of your drive. Click 'Search'.
> Then it lists all processes that hold open handles to your drive.
>
> But it happens that the ProcessExplorer cannot find open handles
> because they are held by a process that is deeper in the system
> than the ProcessExplorer can look. Typical these are anti virus and
> anti spyware software.
>
>
>
> Uwe
> >> Stay informed about: USB Flash drive problem |
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Since: Mar 30, 2006
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:04 am
Post subject: Re: USB Flash drive problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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ProcessExplorer found nothing?
Start -> Run
msconfig
Tab 'Services'
check 'Hide All Microsoft Services'
Disable all remaining, reboot and check if the problem is gone now.
Then enable them one by one (reboot eacht time) until the problem
is back again. The you have the culprit....
Uwe
eric wrote:
> Sorry, didint work.. any more suggestions?
>
> Disabled antivirus and antispywares. no luck
>
> "Uwe Sieber" wrote:
>
>> eric wrote:
>>> everytime I try to remove the drive safely from the task bar, it always says
>>>
>>> "The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the
>>> device again later"
>>>
>>> However, no applications, files etc are using the drive. I also tried
>>> closing all open windows.
>> To discover who has an open handle to the drive get Sysinternals
>> ProcessExplorer:
>> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html
>>
>> Start the ProcessExplorer. Go to 'Find'->'Find Handle' and enter
>> the root path (like U:\) of your drive. Click 'Search'.
>> Then it lists all processes that hold open handles to your drive.
>>
>> But it happens that the ProcessExplorer cannot find open handles
>> because they are held by a process that is deeper in the system
>> than the ProcessExplorer can look. Typical these are anti virus and
>> anti spyware software.
>>
>>
>>
>> Uwe
>> >> Stay informed about: USB Flash drive problem |
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Since: Mar 04, 2006
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:31 pm
Post subject: Re: USB Flash drive problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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didnt work also.
However, I manage to find the culprit from the processexplorer by
terminating the process one by one. it was the netsvc.exe. (something like
that). My question now is how do I remove this from the startup? it doesnt
show in the msconfig. any advise?
"Uwe Sieber" wrote:
>
>
> ProcessExplorer found nothing?
>
> Start -> Run
> msconfig
> Tab 'Services'
> check 'Hide All Microsoft Services'
>
> Disable all remaining, reboot and check if the problem is gone now.
> Then enable them one by one (reboot eacht time) until the problem
> is back again. The you have the culprit....
>
>
> Uwe
>
>
>
>
>
>
> eric wrote:
> > Sorry, didint work.. any more suggestions?
> >
> > Disabled antivirus and antispywares. no luck
> >
> > "Uwe Sieber" wrote:
> >
> >> eric wrote:
> >>> everytime I try to remove the drive safely from the task bar, it always says
> >>>
> >>> "The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the
> >>> device again later"
> >>>
> >>> However, no applications, files etc are using the drive. I also tried
> >>> closing all open windows.
> >> To discover who has an open handle to the drive get Sysinternals
> >> ProcessExplorer:
> >> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html
> >>
> >> Start the ProcessExplorer. Go to 'Find'->'Find Handle' and enter
> >> the root path (like U:\) of your drive. Click 'Search'.
> >> Then it lists all processes that hold open handles to your drive.
> >>
> >> But it happens that the ProcessExplorer cannot find open handles
> >> because they are held by a process that is deeper in the system
> >> than the ProcessExplorer can look. Typical these are anti virus and
> >> anti spyware software.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Uwe
> >>
> >> Stay informed about: USB Flash drive problem |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:52 am
Post subject: Re: USB Flash drive problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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When you right click the process in the ProcessExplorer you
get more information about it and maybe you see which software
it is part of.
Uwe
eric wrote:
> didnt work also.
>
> However, I manage to find the culprit from the processexplorer by
> terminating the process one by one. it was the netsvc.exe. (something like
> that). My question now is how do I remove this from the startup? it doesnt
> show in the msconfig. any advise?
>
> "Uwe Sieber" wrote:
>
>>
>> ProcessExplorer found nothing?
>>
>> Start -> Run
>> msconfig
>> Tab 'Services'
>> check 'Hide All Microsoft Services'
>>
>> Disable all remaining, reboot and check if the problem is gone now.
>> Then enable them one by one (reboot eacht time) until the problem
>> is back again. The you have the culprit....
>>
>>
>> Uwe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> eric wrote:
>>> Sorry, didint work.. any more suggestions?
>>>
>>> Disabled antivirus and antispywares. no luck
>>>
>>> "Uwe Sieber" wrote:
>>>
>>>> eric wrote:
>>>>> everytime I try to remove the drive safely from the task bar, it always says
>>>>>
>>>>> "The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the
>>>>> device again later"
>>>>>
>>>>> However, no applications, files etc are using the drive. I also tried
>>>>> closing all open windows.
>>>> To discover who has an open handle to the drive get Sysinternals
>>>> ProcessExplorer:
>>>> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html
>>>>
>>>> Start the ProcessExplorer. Go to 'Find'->'Find Handle' and enter
>>>> the root path (like U:\) of your drive. Click 'Search'.
>>>> Then it lists all processes that hold open handles to your drive.
>>>>
>>>> But it happens that the ProcessExplorer cannot find open handles
>>>> because they are held by a process that is deeper in the system
>>>> than the ProcessExplorer can look. Typical these are anti virus and
>>>> anti spyware software.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Uwe
>>>> >> Stay informed about: USB Flash drive problem |
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