Click start, and type: devmgmt.msc
Doubleclick all the USB devices for their Properties pages, and look at all
the "Power Management" tabs for checkboxes to uncheck.

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Mark L. Ferguson

"Ian F." <wowfabgroovy@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>>I think I remember that the Belkin cable uses USB.
>
> It does, yes.
>
>> That behavior is very suggestive of a "Power Management" tab setting on
>> the USB device properties pages. Uncheck the option to allow the device
>> to turn off.
>
> I have set the power management settings on the Vista computer to never
> shut down. Is that what you mean or is there something else I should be
> attending to?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ian
>