By default windows enables the power saving feature all usb ports known as usb selective suspend.
Usb power saving windows 10.
This feature is supposed to save power by shutting down usb ports that are only used intermittently.
Enable disable power saving on usb ports.
To change the power mode quickly select the battery icon on the taskbar and then drag the slider to the power mode you want.
This setting isn t available on all windows 10 pcs it depends on your pc s hardware and your pc manufacturer.
Click the power management tab.
However sometimes the usb port does not get turned back on when it is needed or is inadvertently turned off.
Windows disable usb power saving disableselectivesuspend by gordy b stronach.
Type devmgmt msc and press enter.
After upgrade system to windows 10 usb ports don t work demystifying usb selective suspend these are a few of the articles that have further information on windows usb power management.
When the device manager window opens expand the universal serial bus controllers branch then right click the usb root hub device and select properties.
While this guide focuses on windows 10 usb selective suspend has been around for a long time and you can use the same steps on machines running windows 8 1 and windows 7.
In windows 10 you do that by right clicking start and selecting device manager.
Press the windows key r to open the run box.
The operating system microsoft windows 7 allows the computer to shut off power to usb devices to save power.
The device manager in windows 10.