• Device Manager is the primary tool for managing device drivers. Device Manager allows you to view and modify hardware device properties.
  
  
  
• Some of the tasks that can be performed with Device Manager are:
• Determining whether installed hardware is functioning correctly
• Viewing and changing hardware resource settings
• Determining and changing the drivers used by a device
• Enabling, disabling, and uninstalling devices
• Configuring advanced settings for devices
• Viewing and printing summary information about installed devices
• After installing Windows 7, you should use Device Manager to confirm that all devices are working properly. Any hardware component that is not functioning correctly is displayed with a yellow exclamation mark. A hardware component that has been manually disabled is displayed with a down arrow
• You can install an updated device driver from the Driver tab in the Device Properties.
  
  
  

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