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re: Mouse freezes when back from HIBERNATE; managed to get it ok from standby.
Monday, July 12, 2004 at 5:13 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Alan
(1 messages posted)
Thanks! This worked. However, I did have 4 root hubs to disable. I couldn't easily
tell which hub my USB mouse was attached to so I disabled all 4. Anyway, no more
problem.
On Sunday, June 20, 2004 at 3:36 am, David Castellani wrote:
>I think I have tackled this issue w/o having to update
>any drivers, install any third-party software, reconfigure the registry, re-program,
>or buy new
>hardware (ie hubs or cans of red bull to keep me up).
>
>The Known Issue: Your USB Mouse in Windows becomes inactive or it "stops responding"
>after your machine has been idle (ie screensaver, coming back
>to your machine after taking a # 1, after hibernation, or otherwise).
>
>The Solution: Right click on My Computer, Properties.., Hardware Tab, Device Manager
>button, Expand Universal Serial Bus Controllers, Double-click on USB Root Hub or
>right click Properties, Power Management tab, Deselect "Allow the computer to turn
>of this device to save power".
>
>By default, and i'm not sure why Windows does this,
>Microsoft has the USB Root Hub shut itself off when not in use to save power. A
>feature that is probably more of a utility to those who use Notebookes (like the
>one I have when I discovered this issue). Although a novel idea, it's the very
root
>of this problem. This is why in order to get the mouse to work again you would
have
>to unplug it and then plug it back in. This alerts the USB root hub to turn itself
>back on again. A weird alert trigger considering that Microsoft should have the
>USB Root Hub turn itself back on as soon as you begin to you use the mouse again.
> What surprises me even more is that Microsoft hasn't officially addressed the issue
>yet. Especially when they know that millions upon millions of their users will
use
>USB mice.
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