How to Make Your USB Devices Power Down on Safe Removal in Windows
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Transcript of How to Make Your USB Devices Power Down on Safe Removal in Windows
ZAMAN UNIVERSITY
IT APPLICATIONS I - CS 101 SECTION 1MURAT TUTUMLU
Prepare by: Daro Sun
Date: 06 May 2013
HOW TO MAKE YOUR USB DEVICES POWER DOWN ON SAFE REMOVAL IN WINDOWS
Have you ever safely removed your USB device only to see that the LED activity light on your device remains on?
This is caused by a change to Windows that has affected every version since Windows Vista.
Here’s how to fix it.
Back in the days of Windows XP, when you safely removed a USB device the
device was marked as removed and the USB hub port to which the device was connected
was marked as disabled, which means that the device could no longer receive USB
power and therefore the LED status light would turn off.
However, since Windows Vista this is no longer the case, while the USB
device is marked as removed the USB hub to which it is connected
remains enabled.
WHY IS THIS HAPPENED?
HOW CAN YOU FIX THIS ? There is a setting in the registry that allows you to revert to the behavior
of the Safely Remove dialog to that of Windows XP. To edit it, press the Windows + R keyboard combination type regedit and
hit enter.
When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbhub
The Easy Way If you prefer, you can download a zip file from this link:
(cdn.howtogeek.com/wpcontent/uploads/2012/08/PowerOffOnSafeRemove1.zip) which contains registry keys to both enable and disable the feature. All you need to do is unzip the file and run either the enable or disable registry key.
REFERENCES
http://www.howtogeek.com/120914/how-to-make-your-usb-devices-power-down-on-safe-removal-in-windows/
http://www.slideshare.net/