Device manager is a great thing. It can answer various questions and help fix many issues with your personal computer.
For instance, with its help you can find out if you have a driver installed or not, what kind of driver is installed (native or compatible), learn what kind of CPU you have in your machine, etc.
In addition, you may access some advanced settings like disable or enable a certain hardware, adjust network card sensitivity or change the MAC address.
Device Manager is often the first applet you launch after you clean install a brand new operating system (of course, to learn what drivers you need to add).
In this tutorial we will describe all possible ways to open Device Manager in Windows 10. Various methods can be convenient in different situations.
Option 1
- Right-click the Start button (or press Win+X).
- Select Device Manager:
Option 2
- Press WIN (Windows button) on the keyboard:
- Start typing “Device Manager”:
- Hit Enter, when you see “Device Manager” in the search results:
Option 3
- Press Win + Pause/Break on your keyboard:
- Click the Device Manager link on the left:
Option 4
- Press Win+R;
- Type devmgmt.msc;
- Hit Enter:
Option 5
- Right-click This PC;
- Select Manage:
- Click on Device Manager in the left pane:
I think, that’s enough!
Adam Swift Adam is a real tech maniac. He likes to spend time testing phones, tablets, laptops, as well as any other technical devices, and write practical manuals on their functions. He often sleeps all day, but always works at night.
Adam bought his first computer in 1999, being an absolute beginner who never held a computer mouse in his hands. He began to study Windows, constantly experimented and often crashed the operating system. But six months later, he was able to reinstall Windows 98 from a scratch on his own, fix almost any software problem on a PC, he also did hardware upgrades and realized that computers, operating systems and programs are now his biggest passion.
In addition, Adam has always been a big lover of phones. With the advent of smartphones with Android OS, he began to pick at them much more than in computers.
Now Adam loves to study privacy issues in instant messengers, blocking unwanted calls and other nuances related to privacy and security on the network. You can follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tunecomp
