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Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port?

From	"Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.computer.workshop
Subject	Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port?
Date	2020-07-18 00:20 +0100
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On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:07:11 +0100, Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 20:11:57 +0100, in <op.0nu3l7lzwdg98l@glass>,
> "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:37:33 +0100, Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:25:21 +0100, in <op.0no6coc3wdg98l@glass>,
>>> "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do I make a USB port in Windows 10 just provide power and not a data connection? For example my satnav has a low battery and I just want to use it indoors. But when it sees the PC, it just becomes a removable drive and I can't use it.
>>>
>>> Get a cable designed as you want... or somehow disable pins 2 & 3 and
>>> use only 1 & 4
>>
>> I sorted it an easier way, disable the device in Windows device manager.  From now on every time that particular device is plugged in, the port will only be a power port.  And I don't need another cable.
>
> Try that with an airport (etc) charging station that provides only USB
> ports for your cable and no AC ports for your wall wart charger.

I wouldn't be charging the satnav in an airport.  And my phone is clever enough to ask me what to do (although since the battery in that lasts for 10 hours of continuous calls (unlike Apple shit), it's unlikely I'd need to charge it there).

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Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 15:25 +0100
  Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-13 07:30 -0700
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Avila Kap <kap0utox01@jamaica.com> - 2020-07-13 07:44 -0700
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 15:56 +0100
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2020-07-14 10:38 -0500
        Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-14 20:40 +0100
          Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-14 19:53 +0000
          Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Avila Kap <kap0utox01@jamaica.com> - 2020-07-14 13:29 -0700
            Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-14 23:02 +0100
              Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? hah <hah@no.email.stupid.invalid> - 2020-07-15 12:37 -0500
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 16:07 +0100
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-13 08:36 -0700
        Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 17:08 +0100
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> - 2020-07-13 17:05 +0100
        Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 17:10 +0100
  Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2020-07-14 06:26 +1200
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 19:33 +0100
  Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2020-07-14 10:37 -0500
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-14 20:39 +0100
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-07-14 16:04 -0400
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-14 23:06 +0100
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "\"Colonel Edmund J. Burke\" <\"l:nopzmysnusa?xe\"@blkz[.com" - 2020-07-15 10:48 -0700
        Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-15 23:07 +0100
          Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "wasbit" <wasbitREMOVE@hotmail.com> - 2020-07-16 10:06 +0100
            Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-16 18:56 +0100
              Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-16 17:08 -0700
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-24 20:49 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? MajorLanGod <lonelydad58@gmail.com> - 2020-07-26 17:38 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-26 19:54 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-26 14:59 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-10 19:50 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2020-08-11 11:50 -0500
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-11 13:08 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-11 18:33 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2020-08-11 21:06 -0500
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-12 18:11 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-12 13:14 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2020-08-12 12:35 -0500
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2020-08-12 12:24 -0500
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-13 00:54 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-12 20:25 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-11 18:32 +0100
              Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "wasbit" <wasbitREMOVE@hotmail.com> - 2020-07-17 09:50 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-17 08:58 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-07-17 13:13 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-17 14:17 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-28 22:14 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-28 14:21 -0700
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-29 00:50 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-28 17:06 -0700
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-15 21:01 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? MajorLanGod <lonelydad58@gmail.com> - 2020-08-15 23:47 +0000
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                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-15 20:58 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 21:18 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-17 07:10 -0400
                Re: Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-17 16:11 +0200
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-08-16 14:43 -0400
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                Re: Troll-feeding Senile HUGE ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-17 12:03 +0200
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-15 21:01 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-15 20:29 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 00:22 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-15 23:30 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 21:33 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-16 20:42 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 22:21 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-16 21:33 +0000
                Re: Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-16 23:41 +0200
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 23:22 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-17 00:01 +0000
                Re: Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-17 10:27 +0200
                Re: Troll-feeding Senile  ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-16 23:39 +0200
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2020-08-16 16:59 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 22:19 +0100
                Re: Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLES Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-16 23:44 +0200
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> - 2020-07-29 11:07 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-14 21:31 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-28 22:15 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-28 14:18 -0700
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-29 00:50 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-28 18:20 -0700
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-14 21:30 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-14 20:34 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-14 21:54 +0100
  Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-15 14:37 +0000
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-16 20:11 +0100
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-17 15:07 +0000
        Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-18 00:20 +0100

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