There are notes about such at http://www.usbman.com
I'd look at that power setting noted there first...
Bob
I am running XP Home, on a system which has only 2 USB ports, so I have added a 4 port hub, with its own power supply. When I put a wireless mouse on the hub, it kept disconnecting and reconnecting every few seconds - not good behaviour for a mouse! So I took it off and put it on a PS2 port, and fixed that problem; however, the hub still disconnects at the same rhythm. There is only a printer connected at the moment. Device Manager says it is working OK, but obviously it is not.
Any ideas?

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