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Originally Posted by Paul
It doesn't as far as I know but normally the computer will only power down USB ports that aren't in use as it's part of power management.
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XP will also shut down those that draw too much current. Having said that, it should tell you it's done that.
The first version of XP did have a problem where if you didn't have a motherboard with an Intel chipset, it would randomly switch USB ports off.