I don't recall Windows 7 not powering down USB device on eject. Maybe it was some strange chipset driver?

Win7 required a registry hack to power down the USB port when the device connected to that port was "removed" via built-in removal.

Google it, hundreds of articles on it.

Here is but one of them  --  https://winaero.com/fix-usb-device-remains-active-after-you-safely-eject-it-in-windows-7-or-windows-8/

Here is another  --  https://www.groovypost.com/howto/windows-safely-remove-usb-devices-power-off/

Edited April 24, 20242 yr by NotHereToPlayGames

3 hours ago, Dixel said:

I can speak to whether Microsoft fixed this DESIGN FLAW with Vista, I had already answered. It was never there, to begin with.

3 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

The article is obviously old, it was a glitch in SP1, in RTM and SP2 - they do.

3 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

 

3 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Is this triple posting glitch back again?

3 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Win7 required a registry hack to power down the USB port when the device connected to that port was "removed" via built-in removal.

In Vista eSata can also be powered down.

3 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Here is but one of them  --  https://winaero.com/fix-usb-device-remains-active-after-you-safely-eject-it-in-windows-7-or-windows-8/

But not a word about Vista, nor Win 10/11.

3 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Link?

17 minutes ago, Dixel said:

Link?

Second post on this page (page 2).

Whether this is SP1, RTM, SP2, or whatever is unknown on my end.

All I can tell you is that ALL of our factory machines that run Win7 or higher had this "feature" where if our maintenance crew unplugged a USB camera "thinking" that they knew what they were doing, our entire assembly line went down!

It's also a corporate environment that the updates are performed by Singapore IT, no matter what country the factory floor sits in, it is Singapore IT that controls the updates.

Updates were "rolled" in a very systematic process.

Updates are technically "tested" by NOT rolling them out to the entire factory floor "all at once".

This Win7 "feature" is an issue REGARDLESS of what rollout phase our updates are at.

And yeah, just as our maintenance crew might "think" they know what they are doing, I will say the same for our Singapore IT department!

Point is, ALL of our Win7 machines do NOT power off the USB port when the device plugged into that port is "removed".

4 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Win7 required a registry hack to power down the USB port when the device connected to that port was "removed" via built-in removal.

Google it, hundreds of articles on it.

Here is but one of them  --  https://winaero.com/fix-usb-device-remains-active-after-you-safely-eject-it-in-windows-7-or-windows-8/

If this fix really works, why do you need USB Safely Remove, then? What for?

You need to ask our Singapore IT "professionals" for the answer to that.

13 hours ago, UCyborg said:

I don't recall Windows 7 not powering down USB device on eject. Maybe it was some strange chipset driver?

Yes, there's such kind of behaviour in Win 7. 

11 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

You need to ask our Singapore IT "professionals" for the answer to that.

I think we all understood it as you use it at home, too, no?

On 4/24/2024 at 7:00 AM, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Zentimo xStorage Manager

Holy crap, it adds and runs a dedicated service! "Assistant"