unable to access safely remove hardware

[jamin100]

For some reason my users are unable to access the safely remove hardware box after they have clicked on the icon in the system tray. Its says that I have restricted access to the program and therefore wont run.

The only thing i can think of is that users don't have access to control panel and therefore cannot safely remove their hardware.

Is there any way around this? I don't really want them having access to the control panel!

[Busybub]

Off the top of my head they need access to Control Panel in order to run rundll32 which the SRHW needs.

I get around this by setting another policy:

User Config/Admin Templates/Cntrl Panel/Show only specified applets

Only give access to Printers and Faxes

[CHR1S]

What do you need it for? If its for USB Memory Sticks etc then XP and above supports quick removal as standard.

[jamin100]

Yeh it was just for USB sticks . . . Staff are complaining that i'm breaking there memory sticks by not letting them have access to 'Safely Remove Hardware'

pfft.

[CHR1S]

Troubleshooting for USB pen drives under Windows XP - Policy for enabling removal.

But as I said all USB drives default to "Optimize for quick removal" and I have yet to have a single stick die on me and I have never ejected on once.