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Configuring Hardware
and Applications
 Configuring Hardware
• Device Manager in Windows 7 works the same
way it did in Windows Vista and XP.
• Device Manager is designed to display
information about the hardware installed on
your computer and as an interface to add and
configure new hardware.
• Hardware today follows a Plug and Play standard.
So most of the time, simply connecting hardware
will allow Device Manager (well, the OS processes
controlling the device that is displayed to you) to
automatically configure it.
• Devices that are not Plug and Play–compatible
can be installed manually from Device Manager
as well.
• You can use Device Manager to ensure that all
devices are working properly and to troubleshoot
misbehaving devices.
• For each device installed, you can view specific
properties down to the resources being used, such
as I/O port (input/output) and IRQ (interrupt
request).
• Through Device Manager, you can take the
following specific actions:
• View a list of all hardware installed on your computer
• ■ Determine which device driver is installed for each
device
• ■ Manage and update device drivers
• ■ Install new devices
• ■ Disable, enable, and uninstall devices
• ■ Use driver rollback to return to a previous version of
a driver
• ■ Troubleshoot device problems
New/Updated Features — Device Stage

• Device Manager has allowed us see all the

hardware connected and make configuration
changes, but utilizing the features of the devices
themselves has been left up to alternate
programs outside the Windows interface.
 EXERCISE 5 .1
• Opening Devices and Printers to View Device Stage –
Supported Devices
• 1. Choose Start Control Panel Hardware And Sound.
• 2. Choose Devices And Printers from the main window.
• 3. To see options specific to a device, right - click the device.
• To make it easier for the end user, Devices And Printers is
also available directly from the Start menu:
• 1. Choose Start Control Panel Devices And Printers.
• 2. To see options specific to a device, right - click the device.
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