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The Device Manager is a tool included with Microsoft Windows operating systems that allows the user to display and control the hardware attached to the computer. When a piece of hardware is not working, the offending hardware is highlighted where the user can deal with it. The list of hardware can be sorted by various criteria.

For each device in the list, users can:

Supply device drivers to the hardware
Enable or disable devices
Tell Windows to ignore malfunctioning devices
View other technical properties

Device Manager was not included with Windows 3.x (Windows 3.0 and 3.1x) and with Windows NT.

Invoking the Device Manager

Windows 95/98/Me:

Right-click My Computer then select Properties
Select the Device Manager tab

Windows 2000 and Windows XP:

Right-click My Computer then select Properties
Select the Hardware tab
Click the Device Manager button

Windows Vista:

Open the Start menu, right-click on Computer, select Manage
Click on "Device Manager" in the left-hand tree

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