Windows 10: Windows update dares to silently reset USB ports ?

Hi,


I have unexplained brief USB connection losses with different devices on different computers; apparently mostly shortly after a cold start or resume from sleep etc. Consequences vary from unexpected USB disconnect/connect system sound to more severe things like loss of Remote Desktop Connection or disk I/O error can be problematic during writes.

To avoid that, I now avoid using files on my external USB disks for several minutes after starting to work.

After lots of correlation t'shooting I came to the conclusion that Windows would occasionally reset USB connections during background, silent updates.

Is that true ?????

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USB Port Oddities


Ok, let's see it with pictures step-by-step. First right-click on the USB device and select Update driver software:





Then select Browse my computer for driver software (LAST option) :





The select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer (LAST option) :





Then select the standard driver from the list and click next:





Click next/OK as required to complete installation. Repeat the steps for all Intel USB devices. Finally click on each USB root device and press DEL to delete it, reply YES when asked. After deleting all USB root devices restart the computer.

I hope this is detailed enough...

 

usb port reset fail

Hi Laura,

We would like to know more information regarding the "usb port reset fail" error that you are getting. To verify whether this issue is being caused by the port or the external device, we would like to gather more information:

• What external device are you trying to connect to your computer?
• Have you tried connecting the external device to another port or different computer?
• Have you tried connecting a different external device to the port?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

Regards.

 

USB ports not working in Windows 10

Hello ruthives,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

To address your concern, kindly help us with the below questions.

1. What is the make and model of the computer?
2. Do you read any error message when you connect the device to the USB port?
3. Are you facing this issue with any particular USB port or with all the USB ports?
4. Since when are you facing this issue?

Your device is kept up to date with the latest features by automatically installing the updates in Windows 10. To narrow down the issue, let's go ahead and follow the below methods and see if it helps.

Method 1: I would suggest you to follow the steps to diagnose and repair the USB ports from the article -

Automatically diagnose and fix Windows USB problems.


Method 2: Update USB controllers.

• Right click on the Start menu and select Device Manager from the list.
  
• Narrow down to Universal Serial Bus controllers and update all the USB drivers.
  
• To update the drivers, right click on the each driver and select Update driver.
  
• If that doesn't resolve the issue, I would suggest you to uninstall all the USB drivers from the device manager.
  
• Reboot the PC and it will automatically pick for the latest drivers for your PC.
  

If the issue persists, download and install the latest USB drivers available for your PC build from the
manufacturer's website and see if it works.

Hope it helps.

Mala S

Microsoft Community - Moderator