Installing, Configuring, and Removing Devices and their Drivers

All devices communicate with Windows through a piece of software called a device driver. You can use Device Manager to install and update the device drivers for your hardware devices, modify hardware and software configuration settings for those devices, and troubleshoot problems.

This section includes the following tasks for managing devices and their drivers:

• Open Device Manager
  
  
• Viewing Device Information
  
  
• Installing Devices and their Drivers
  
  
• Configuring Device Properties
  
  
• Uninstalling and Reinstalling Devices