Always-enabled USB devices

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Recently i bought a USB KVM switch as i have a USB keyboard and mouse and two
machines. All works well, except for this horrible 10 second delay i get
every time i switch between machines. This delay is caused because every time
i switch, Windows has to identify the device and enable the drivers again. 10
seconds doesn't sound like much, but its horrible if you're a heavy computer
user like me. What i want to know is, is there a way i can tell windows that
a device is always connected, even if it really isn't, so it doesn't have to
keep re enabling the device?
 
is there a way i can tell windows that a device is always connected? <<

Interesting, thinking about this, it would seem that would be the job of
the KVM unit... so, wonder if this is a firmware or addressable via the
firmware update options of the KVM

I took a look at the usb properties, but could not see anything that
seemed to be related.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
 
Jaydon said:
Recently i bought a USB KVM switch as i have a USB keyboard and mouse and two
machines. All works well, except for this horrible 10 second delay i get
every time i switch between machines. This delay is caused because every time
i switch, Windows has to identify the device and enable the drivers again. 10
seconds doesn't sound like much, but its horrible if you're a heavy computer
user like me. What i want to know is, is there a way i can tell windows that
a device is always connected, even if it really isn't, so it doesn't have to
keep re enabling the device?
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10 seconds?
Get up, stretch your arms, breathe deeply, hum a tune, look out the
window, walk around your desk. Take a quick break. I'd hardly say this
delay is horrible.

Bill
 
10 sec <<

I concurr with the op... it's a major pain if you are toggling back and
forth between cpu's...

mine's not quite that bad, about 5 seconds... not sure if my "jiggling"
the mouse until the cursor appears speeds it up... it would be great if
it could be addressed.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
 
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