In Windows operating control over the properties of the computer hardware by using a system utilities such as Device Manager.In other words, the interface directly between the user and iron.With it provides the following capabilities listed below:
- View installed on the computer equipment.
- Timely detection of incorrectly operating equipment and conflict resolution devices.
- Edit configuration parameters of a single device.
- View information about the installed device drivers, and the ability to directly download a driver update from the Internet or a computer.
- rollback device software to the previous version.
- Enable, disable, and delete devices through appropriate interactions with their drivers.
opportunities offered by the program, can be used as a rookie (check the model of a device, update the driver), and advanced user (advanced troubleshooting and conflicts in the equipment).
Next, consider how we open this utility in your operating system.XP Device Manager can be found as follows:
- go in the "Start" menu.
- Open the "Control Panel".
- item "System".
- tab "Equipment", you will see the "Device Manager."
Device Manager Windows 7 has the following location:
- Again, press "Start".
- If there is a menu item "Computer" click on it and right-click menu that appears find what you were looking for.
- Otherwise, go to "Control Panel".
- in the top right corner of the menu "View" check the box next to "The big (small) icons."
- The generated list can be found dispatcher.
also in any of the Windows Device Manager can also be opened using the command line.To do this, go to "Start" and find the "Run".
There will be a dialog box with a line, which enter the string «devmgmt.msc» and press the enter key.That's all.
should pay attention to the fact that your account must be an administrator to make any changes in the device settings.However, go to the Device Manager will be able to any user.
And now a few words about the program interface.Initially, you will see a list of devices on the computer.Clicking on the "plus" sign to the left of the device name or a device class, or double-click directly on the words, you can see a list of installed drivers.To update the configuration, select the appropriate action from the menu when you right-click.If the list you see the icon as a yellow question mark in XP, or a small white circle with a question mark inside the primary icon next to their name in Windows 7, this means that the device driver is not installed, that is, the computer can not use itin their work.The solution is to update the configuration or manually search for the necessary software on the Internet, if you know the device model.
