Re: Why are USB-connected items repeatedly disconnected and connected?

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:18:00 +0200, Steve
Hayes <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:07:24 -0500, micky <[email protected]>
>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.  ;-(