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Usb power saving windows 10.
Press the windows key r to open the run box.
Click the power management tab.
By default windows enables the power saving feature all usb ports known as usb selective suspend.
To change your usb port s power settings you need to open the device manager.
The device manager in windows 10.
Enable disable power saving on usb ports.
However sometimes the usb port does not get turned back on when it is needed or is inadvertently turned off.
This setting isn t available on all windows 10 pcs it depends on your pc s hardware and your pc manufacturer.
The operating system microsoft windows 7 allows the computer to shut off power to usb devices to save power.
In windows 10 you do that by right clicking start and selecting device manager.
Windows disable usb power saving disableselectivesuspend by gordy b stronach.
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.
To change the power mode quickly select the battery icon on the taskbar and then drag the slider to the power mode you want.
Type devmgmt msc and press enter.
When the device manager window opens expand the universal serial bus controllers branch then right click the usb root hub device and select properties.