A technician needs to ensure that USB devices are not suspended by the operating system Which of the following Control Panel utilities should the technician use to configure the setting?

The operating system feature that suspends USB devices to conserve energy is called "USB selective suspend." This is a power-saving setting that is configured within the advanced settings of a specific power plan. The Control Panel utility for managing power plans, including advanced options like USB selective suspend, is Power Options. A technician would navigate to Power Options, select a power plan, go to its advanced settings, and then locate and disable the "USB selective suspend setting" to prevent the OS from powering down USB devices.

A. System: This utility is used for viewing basic computer information, changing the computer name, and accessing performance or remote settings, not for managing power plans.
C. Devices and Printers: This utility is for adding, removing, and managing peripheral devices, but it does not control the system-wide power policies that govern them.
D. Ease of Access: This utility provides accessibility features for users with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments and is unrelated to hardware power management. ---

1. Microsoft Corporation. (2021). USB selective suspend. Microsoft Docs. Retrieved from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/usbcon/usb-selective-suspend. The document states, "The selective suspend feature suspends the USB device... To configure selective suspend, you can use Power Options in Control Panel."

2. Purdue University Information Technology. (n.d.). How do I prevent my computer from turning off my USB devices? ITaP Customer Service. Retrieved from https://support.purdue.edu/goldanswers/162133. The guide provides step-by-step instructions: "1. Open the Control Panel. 2. Click on Power Options... 5. Expand USB settings, then expand USB selective suspend setting. 6. Select Disabled from the drop-down menu." This directly confirms the use of the Power Options utility for this specific task.