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How to prevent Windows 10 from turning off USB ports when asleep - Micro Center
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>This article will show you how to keep Windows from turning off your USB ports when the system is asleep. If you are having issues with waking your computer back up from sleep it may be that Windows is disabling your USB ports and causing your mouse and keyboard to stop working while asleep. Try this if you are having trouble waking your computer back up. </p><p><br></p><p>1. <strong>Right click </strong>the windows Start Button and go to <strong>Device Manager</strong></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/23P3CVGFM141/image1.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/23P3CVGFM141/image1.jpg" alt="Image1.jpg" height="614" width="270" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none" data-type="image/jpeg" data-embed-type="image"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><p>2. Open <strong>Universal Serial Bus Controllers</strong></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/HUGRGL2MLO0Z/image2.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/HUGRGL2MLO0Z/image2.jpg" alt="Image2.jpg" height="541" width="500" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none" data-type="image/jpeg" data-embed-type="image"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><p>3. <strong>Double click</strong> any devices that are labelled as USB Hubs and go to <strong>Power Management</strong></p><p>4. <strong>Uncheck</strong> the box for “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power”</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/F7D234AF1RVP/image3.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6031942/uploads/F7D234AF1RVP/image3.jpg" alt="Image3.jpg" height="455" width="400" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none" data-type="image/jpeg" data-embed-type="image"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><p> </p> </article> </main>