Device Manager is one of the most frequently used DIYer, where you can manage common equipment, including disabling or enabling equipment, updating device drivers, and resolving conflicts between devices. But do you know how to use it? Let's take a look here.
1. Make your Device Manager more powerful
"Device Manager" is our good helper to manage computer equipment, in fact, as long as the following simple steps can let your "Device Manager" display more details of the device, so that it more powerful.
Click start → run, type cmd, and then enter the command Prompt window. Enter "Set Devmgr_show_details=1", and then type the "Start devmgmt.msc" command and return to start Device Manager. Take a closer look at your device Manager and find out what's different? By the way, there is a "Details" tab, which helps you to get a more detailed picture of the specific parameters of your computer's components. However, the drawback is that after you close Device Manager, the Details tab is gone the next time you open it!
2. Cleverly hide the optical drive
Click start → run, and then type "devmgmt.msc" to open Device Manager. Then locate and expand the Dvd/cd-rom drive in Device Manager. Select the specific optical drive model that you want to hide (if there are multiple), and then click the Deactivate button on the toolbar or choose Deactivate from the right-click menu, a confirmation dialog box pops up and the Yes button is clicked. After a while, you can see that the device has a fork number in front of it, indicating that the optical drive has been disabled. When you open my Computer or resource Manager, you will find that the drive letter is gone!
Tip: In addition, if your CD-ROM is connected to the second IDE interface separately, you can also hide the optical drive by disabling the secondary IDE channel: First, locate and expand the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller in Device Manager, and then right-click Secondary IDE channel and select Deactivate command.
3. Let all devices show
We take Windows XP as an example: when you click view → show hidden devices in the Device Manager window, you will find that there are a few more devices in the list, and after comparison, three hidden devices are found: NT apm/legacy support--nt apm/legacy Interface Node (Hint: If your Windows XP shuts down and the power is on, chances are that the NT Apm/legacy Interface Node will not start, try to start it to see if it solves the problem); Storage volume--universal volume; Non-Plug and Play drivers.
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