All USB devices Disconnect randomly on Windows 11.

Ha ha..! Thanks for doing that, it helps a lot. I think with my own experimenting it does sound like we might have a possible workaround - Disable Edge from Startup!

Not wishing to count my chickens but this probably does need a little more input from the community before we can say it's an absolute but at least you and I both now have a verifiable workaround for now. Sounds like you might need to install a different browser after all, either that or see what happens with Edge set to launch manually when you need it.

Hopefully others can add some feedback here for good measure.

Dr Slinky,

I watched about 4 hours of video yesterday. It absolutely sucked. 2 hours of no Microsoft edge and 2 hours with. Surprisingly, 3 disconnects with Microsoft edge open and 0 without! So now we know Windows 11 from May 21st Update, Usb 3.0 and 3.1 as well as Microsoft edge. I ran cine bench for 30 minutes with Microsoft edge open with 4 disconnects and 30 minutes without with 0.

hmmmm, I don't use chrome, as i never installed it lol, now that i think of it, my disconnects mainly happen when edge is open! Ill run my pc for a few hours today and just record on a camera or something while edge is open then a few hours while its not! ill let you guys know what happens!

That sounds like a plan, at least you'll be able to see what's happening on your system. Don't relish watching the video back though!

Regarding Edge running in the background, I just noticed this is by design, it always runs in the background consuming precious resources. A quick check in 'Settings' - 'Apps' - 'Startup'' shows that it runs at startup and it's impact is 'HIGH'. As I say I rarely use Edge anymore so I've set it to disabled on my system. It would be interesting to see if anyone else here who's having USB disconnects could verify if disabling Edge at Startup has any impact?

Apparently Edge is set to start automatically at system start for a couple of reasons, none of which seem worth the extra drain on resources.., First, running in the background ensures the browser opens right when you need it, so you don't then waste time waiting for the browser page to load. Personally I'd rather wait a second or two, than have a permanent drain in the background, especially if it is impacting USB performance.

Good! great it's working again! I've been playing for the past 4 hours and only have had 2 disconnects!

Just for interest, although everything is working as it should be this end (never thought I would say that again), I just plugged one of my USB thumb drives into my front USB port and for some reason it wouldn't let me use 'SHIFT-DELETE' to permanently delete a file, it felt like some background process was preventing this (call it a hunch). Anyway, a quick look in Task Manager revealed that Microsoft Edge was running and was consuming over 300 mb's of memory. I don't use Edge unless I need to so I ended the task and I was immediately able to permanently delete my files.

Who'd have thought that a web browser could impact on USB functionality! Something someone else mentioned here previously.

hmmmm, I don't use chrome, as i never installed it lol, now that i think of it, my disconnects mainly happen when edge is open! Ill run my pc for a few hours today and just record on a camera or something while edge is open then a few hours while its not! ill let you guys know what happens!

Good! great it's working again! I've been playing for the past 4 hours and only have had 2 disconnects!

Just for interest, although everything is working as it should be this end (never thought I would say that again), I just plugged one of my USB thumb drives into my front USB port and for some reason it wouldn't let me use 'SHIFT-DELETE' to permanently delete a file, it felt like some background process was preventing this (call it a hunch). Anyway, a quick look in Task Manager revealed that Microsoft Edge was running and was consuming over 300 mb's of memory. I don't use Edge unless I need to so I ended the task and I was immediately able to permanently delete my files.

Who'd have thought that a web browser could impact on USB functionality! Something someone else mentioned here previously.