[Jim Mcduggan]

is there a way to turn off power to a usb controller or the hid keyboard
device thru software?

The wmi spec says that function is not implemented in the driver.


I don't mind if I have to reboot.
I don't mind if I can simply turn of the power the usb chip too.
I tried disabling every usb device and controller with devcon.exe, but that
did not shut off power to the device or the via ohci host controller..


Also when I shutdown the pc, the power to the hid device is still enabled.


tx
j