A Shortcut To Device Manager

The Device Manager provides a graphical view of the hardware that is currently installed on the computer. The device drivers and resources associated with that hardware are listed in the properties of each device.

The Device Manager is used to maintain, configure, and troubleshoot the devices physically connected to the computer system. The following items outline some of the available functionality:

• Determine if the hardware is working properly on the computer.
• Change hardware configuration settings.
• Identify the device drivers that are loaded for each device and obtain information about each device driver.
• Change advanced settings and properties for devices.
• Install updated device drivers.
• Disable, enable, and uninstall devices.
• Reinstall the previous version of a driver with the Roll back feature.
• Identify device conflicts and manually configure resource settings.
• Print a summary of the devices that are configured on your computer.

Since Device Manager is such as useful utility, you may want to place a shortcut to it on your desktop. To do so, right click a blank area on the desktop, point to New, and click Shortcut. Type is c:\Windows\System32\ devmgmt.msc. Click Next. Type in a friendly name for the shortcut. Click Finish. A shortcut to Device Manager will now be available on your desktop. [Diana Huggins]