View properties of, copy, rename, or delete a hardware profile

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To view properties of, copy, rename, or delete a hardware profile

Open System in Control Panel.
On the Hardware tab, click Hardware Profiles.
Under Available hardware profiles, click the existing hardware profile you want, and do one of the following. Click:
- Properties to open the Properties dialog box, and specify whether the computer is a portable computer, whether it is docked or undocked, and whether to include the profile each time you start the computer.
- Copy to open the Copy Profile dialog box, and type a new name for the copy.
- Rename to open the Rename Profile dialog box, and type a new name for the selected profile.
- Delete to remove the selected profile.

Notes

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.
To open System, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click System.
To open System from a command line as an administrator, type:

runas /user: computername \Administrator "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl"

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