laptop standby/sleep deactivates usb and pcmcia

Hello NG,

on my laptop I have a USB printer cable and a PCMCIA Card attached.
When my windows goes into standby or I let it go in sleep mode, after I come
back, the external devices no longer work. I must disconnect and reconnect
all my devices or restart windows totally.
It seems as if windows deactivates the ports, but after come back from
standby/sleep mode, it does not reactivate the ports.
Is there a way (e.g. in preferences) to deny windows to deactivate the
ports?

I tried it on my Dell laptop, but on a Fujitsu-Siemens or IBM laptop, I see
the same problems. So I think it's a windows setting.

Thanks for help,
Guido

Guido Franzke wrote:
> Hello NG,
>
> on my laptop I have a USB printer cable and a PCMCIA Card attached.
> When my windows goes into standby or I let it go in sleep mode, after I come
> back, the external devices no longer work. I must disconnect and reconnect
> all my devices or restart windows totally.
> It seems as if windows deactivates the ports, but after come back from
> standby/sleep mode, it does not reactivate the ports.
> Is there a way (e.g. in preferences) to deny windows to deactivate the
> ports?
>
> I tried it on my Dell laptop, but on a Fujitsu-Siemens or IBM laptop, I see
> the same problems. So I think it's a windows setting.
>
> Thanks for help,
> Guido
>
>

USB ports supply (some) power, so your problem may come from
the power-saving controls.