Windows 10: Turn On or Off USB Selective Suspend in Windows 10

How to: Turn On or Off USB Selective Suspend in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off USB Selective Suspend in Windows 10


The USB selective suspend feature allows the hub driver to suspend an individual port without affecting the operation of the other ports on the hub. Selective suspension of USB devices is especially useful in portable computers, since it helps conserve battery power. Many devices, such as fingerprint readers and other kinds of biometric scanners, only require power intermittently. Suspending such devices, when the device is not in use, reduces overall power consumption.

For more information about USB selective suspend, see:

• USB Selective Suspend | Microsoft Docs
• USB Selective Suspend (Windows Drivers)
• Demystifying USB Selective Suspend – Microsoft Windows USB Core Team Blog

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off USB selective suspend for your power plan in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Turn On or Off USB Selective Suspend Setting in Power Options
• Option Two: To Turn On or Off USB Selective Suspend Setting in Command Prompt

OPTION ONE [/i] To Turn On or Off USB Selective Suspend Setting in Power Options
1. Open your advanced power plan settings.

2. Expand open USB settings and USB selective suspend setting, select Enabled (default) or Disabled for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)








OPTION TWO [/i] To Turn On or Off USB Selective Suspend Setting in Command Prompt
1. Open a command prompt.

2. Enter the command(s) below you want to use into the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)

(On battery: Enabled) - Default
*Arrow powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 2a737441-1930-4402-8d77-b2bebba308a3 48e6b7a6-50f5-4782-a5d4-53bb8f07e226 1

OR

(On battery: Disabled)
*Arrow powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 2a737441-1930-4402-8d77-b2bebba308a3 48e6b7a6-50f5-4782-a5d4-53bb8f07e226 0


AND/OR


(Plugged in: Enabled) - Default
*Arrow powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 2a737441-1930-4402-8d77-b2bebba308a3 48e6b7a6-50f5-4782-a5d4-53bb8f07e226 1

OR

(Plugged in: Disabled)
*Arrow powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 2a737441-1930-4402-8d77-b2bebba308a3 48e6b7a6-50f5-4782-a5d4-53bb8f07e226 0








That's it,
Shawn


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USB selective suspend settings not available?

Hello Grant,

To answer your question about USB Selective Suspend Settings, follow the steps below:

• Press Windows + X.
• Choose Power Options.
• Select Choose when to turn off the display.
• Open Change advanced power settings.
• Expand USB settings and USB selective suspend setting.
• Select Enabled (default) or Disabled.
• Click Apply, then OK.

Please check out the image below for your reference:





Keep us informed about the outcome.

Thank you.

 

USB Selective Suspend is not working

Hi,

I am Ganesh Gandhi, an Independent Advisor. I am here to work with you on this problem.

I suggest to post this under "Sleep and Power on/off" or "Windows Settings."

Also refer this for Windows USB Selective Suspend:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardwa...

 

USB selective suspend

Hi,

To better explain your concern, kindly refer to the support link below:

• Selective suspend in USB drivers (WDF).
  

Let us know if you need further help.

Best regards.

 

Windows 10, unable to disable USB selective suspend

Upon upgrading to Windows 10, I have noticed that my external USB device powers off after a few minutes of inactivity.

I have researched this, and already changed the following setting:

For all 4 power plans listed on my computer, I have gone to "USB settings", and selected "disable" for "USB selective suspend setting" for both "on Battery" and "Plugged in" for all 4 power plans.

Device manager: "USB Serial Bus Controllers", I have made sure all USB items that have a "Power Management" tab are unchecked for "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".

The issue continues, the USB device still turns off after a few minutes of inactivity. This happens on 2 separate Windows 10 machines, and never happened on the same machine running Windows 7, before the upgrade to Windows 10.

Are there any other settings that I need to change to disable the USB selective suspend in Windows 10?

Is there a registry setting where I can simply change the timeout period to some other timeout value, i.e. 60 minutes?

 

Unable to disable USB Selective Suspend


Hi there- kind of an unusual problem. I'm having issues with a 3rd party Microsoft wireless controller receiver shutting off in game. One option I haven't explored yet is USB selective suspend messing with its power. Unfortunately, when I go to change the advanced power settings of my power plan on the Surface Book, there's no USB power settings at all. You can see it for yourself in the screenshot here:



Any ideas how to access this setting and turn off USB selective suspend, or another way to turn it off without going into power plan settings?