XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:18:00 +0200, Steve   
   Hayes  wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:07:24 -0500, micky    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>Why are USB-connected items repeatedly being disconnected and connected?   
   >>   
   >>This started with the SD card in its little slot.  I finally pulled it   
   >>half-way out and that stopped that.   
   >>   
   >>But now I see that the mouse is doing the same thing, even though I   
   >>haven't noticed the mouse ever not working.  The mouse is connected   
   >>through a 4-outlet hub, but so are the keyboard and one other thing I   
   >>can't remember right now.  :-(   
   >>   
   >>Is it just a bad connection?  I've changed which port I'm using.  The   
   >>laptop itself doesn't have enough ports to not use a hub.   
   >   
   >I have the same thing, but with Windows XP.   
   >   
   >I have a 4-port hub, but with Windows XP.   
   >   
   >It has a printer and a (mostly switched off) external hard drive (with   
   >its own power supply).   
   >   
   >If I plug in a USB flash drive at just the right moment of boot-up, it   
   >connects, but sometimes it doesn't. Then I book in safe mode, shut   
   >down, switch off, and try again. Or, if I take out the flash frive and   
   >plug it into the computer directly, it sometimes works.   
      
   Wow.  I  think you have a worse case than I do.  ;-(   
      
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