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Re: solved Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised.

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On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 08:21:16 +0000 (UTC)
Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:

> On 2018-06-28, terryc <terryc@woa.com.au> wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:27:30 -0400
> > Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> wrote:
> >  
> >> My suggestion is late, and possibly not much of a contribution due 
> >> to my not having read the entire thread.
> >> 
> >> I have two motherboards which BIOS settings which allow the 
> >> front-side USB ports to be set for charging only. Is there any 
> >> possibility that such a setting is in effect on your motherboard?  
> >
> > Idea welcome and I'll check it out.
> > The mobo manual talks about option to enable/disable individual usb
> > ports, but the reason(s) for this to be the cause for is ???
> >  
> 
> They're a security threat.

I was thinking about why it would switch off on my machine, but OTOH I
was once directed to go around a office and remove all trhe floppy
drives(when floppy drives = sneaker net) for the same reason. that was
an interesting period of office politics.

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Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. terryc <terryc@woa.com.au> - 2018-06-26 03:00 +0200
  Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-06-26 03:20 +0200
    Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. terryc <terryc@woa.com.au> - 2018-06-26 18:00 +0200
  Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-06-26 08:30 +0200
    Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. terryc <terryc@woa.com.au> - 2018-06-26 18:00 +0200
      Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-06-26 22:10 +0200
        solved Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. terryc <terryc@woa.com.au> - 2018-06-27 15:40 +0200
          Re: solved Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2018-06-27 19:50 +0200
            Re: solved Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. terryc <terryc@woa.com.au> - 2018-06-28 09:00 +0200
              Re: solved Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-06-28 10:30 +0200
                Re: solved Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. terryc <terryc@woa.com.au> - 2018-06-28 13:40 +0200
                Re: solved Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2018-06-28 17:00 +0200
          Re: solved Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-06-27 20:00 +0200
            Re: solved Re: Insertion of USB devices not being recognised. terryc <terryc@woa.com.au> - 2018-06-28 08:50 +0200

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