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How to Access Device Manager in Windows 11/10 PC

by Justin Barry
by Justin Barry

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How to Access Device Manager in Windows 11/10 PC – Guide

Device Manager in Windows 11/10 provides a focal, uncluttered view of each of the perceived Microsoft Windows devices installed on a PC. Device Manager helps you change hardware design options, supervise drivers, enable or disable hardware, distinguish conflicts between hardware devices, and so on.

Device Manager also investigates devices when they don’t work as expected. let us understand how to open Device Manager on Windows 11/10. You must be logged in using an administrator account.

How to Open Device Manager through Control Panel

  • Open Control Panel. On Windows 11, look for it in the search utility on the taskbar.
  • On some versions of Windows 10 and 8, assuming you’re using a keyboard or mouse, the quickest way is through the Advanced User Menu – just press the WIN key (Windows) and the X key together.
  • Depending on your version of Windows, Control Panel is usually available from the Start menu or Applications screen.

    • What you do next depends on which Windows operating system you are using:

    1. In Windows 11, 10 and 8, select Hardware and Sound. You can also go straight to Device Manager through the Advanced User Menu and not need to go to Control Panel.
    2. In Windows 7, choose System and Security.
    3. In Windows Vista, select System and Maintenance.
    4. On Windows XP, choose Performance and Maintenance.

      5. From this Control Panel screen, browse and choose Device Manager:

    5. For Windows 11, 10 and 8, check under the Devices and Printers heading. In Windows 7, look under System. In Windows Vista, you will find Device Manager at the bottom of the window.
    6. In Windows XP, you have a few extra steps since Device Manager is not so easily available in your version of Windows. In the open Control Panel window, select System, choose the Hardware tab and use Device Manager button.
    7. With Device Manager now open, you can view the status of a device, update device drivers, enable devices, disable devices, or do any other hardware management you came here to do.

      8. Final note

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      Justin Barry

      Justin Barry has been writing about technology as a career for more than a decade at this point. The majority of that time was spent as a freelance writer covering a wide variety of topics, some examples of which include mobile phones, wearables, tablets, smart home devices, laptops, augmented reality, virtual reality, mobile payments, and fintech.

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