XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   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.   
      
      
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