Sorry for it posting 4 times, I had trouble. All I would like to do is change
a setting that will make Vista switch the light off of the USB memory stick
when it is undocked - like XP used to. How would I do this please? There must
be a way.

"Doron Holan [MSFT]" wrote:

> it will not turn off the light
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> "Samuel" <Samuel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6A11BC92-3A53-4D8E-850F-B083A54471E1@microsoft.com...
> > This is interesting, I found that only Windows XP (it could've been the
> > hardware at the time) turned the light off. My copy of Vista doe not. I
> > would
> > like to get Windows Vista to always switch the power (and thus light off)
> > when I undock the USB. How can I do this please.
> >
> > .A.
> >
> >
> > "Jim Applebury" wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks Again... Had a hard time finding a definitive answer.
> >> Take Care Jim
> >>
> >> "Doron Holan [MS]" wrote:
> >>
> >> > that is true for a device that is not externally powered. selective
> >> > suspend
> >> > is something else entirely. selective suspend is when devices are
> >> > turned
> >> > off after they have idled out (in very simple terms).
> >> >
> >> > d
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> >> > "Jim Applebury" <JimApplebury@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> > message
> >> > news:BD429E60-9CEF-41E7-A1DD-9356F0B5EDB8@microsoft.com...
> >> > > Thanks Doron,
> >> > > So I can report that when the light goes out on my USB flash drive
> >> > > that
> >> > > the
> >> > > power is off and only after a reinsertion does the power return?
> >> > > Is this refered to by "Selective Suspension of USB"?
> >> > > Thanks Again,
> >> > > Jim
> >> > >
> >> > > "Doron Holan [MS]" wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >> it depends on the bus. the underlying bus driver will turn the
> >> > >> device
> >> > >> off.
> >> > >> it will be powered on when the device is restarted or if the device
> >> > >> is
> >> > >> removed and reinserted.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> d
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> >> > >> "Jim Applebury" <Jim Applebury@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> > >> message
> >> > >> news:1108BEA0-245F-4EE3-A13C-0BAA439A20E6@microsoft.com...
> >> > >> > I've been trying to research for our Computer Club whether or not
> >> > >> > the
> >> > >> > "Safely
> >> > >> > Remove Hardware" applet actually turns off the power to the device
> >> > >> > and
> >> > >> > if
> >> > >> > does, does it wait for the device to be physically removed before
> >> > >> > returning
> >> > >> > power to the port?
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > I've noted the light on my USB flash drive goes out after sending
> >> > >> > the
> >> > >> > remove
> >> > >> > command which seems to support this. I've also seen reference to
> >> > >> > the
> >> > >> > D3
> >> > >> > power state when this command is sent but I've seen different D3
> >> > >> > states
> >> > >> > referenced on hot-pluggable devices.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > I sure will appreciate any and all input.
> >> > >> > Thanks,
> >> > >> > Jim
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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