If you are using a laptop computer this feature may help if you do not want usb powered devices to draw off the computer s battery while the devices are not actively being used.
Usb power saving windows 10.
By default windows enables the power saving feature all usb ports known as usb selective suspend.
This feature is supposed to save power by shutting down usb ports that are only used intermittently.
The device manager in windows 10.
In windows 10 you do that by right clicking start and selecting device manager.
To change the power mode quickly select the battery icon on the taskbar and then drag the slider to the power mode you want.
However sometimes the usb port does not get turned back on when it is needed or is inadvertently turned off.
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.
Windows disable usb power saving disableselectivesuspend by gordy b stronach.
Click the power management tab.
Press the windows key r to open the run box.
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.
More windows 10.
Type devmgmt msc and press enter.
The operating system microsoft windows 7 allows the computer to shut off power to usb devices to save power.
This setting isn t available on all windows 10 pcs it depends on your pc s hardware and your pc manufacturer.