Device Management

Most information in the device tree can be accessed through Device Manager, shown in Figure 19.1. Device Manager contains a representation of the active device tree, listing the system device nodes. Under each node are listed the actual devices configured for your system; double-clicking a device node exposes its device list. You can use Device Manager to install or uninstall devices, troubleshoot problems with devices, update drivers, and change the resources that are assigned to devices.

For more information about using Device Manager to configure devices, see Configuring Device Settings later in this chapter.

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You can also see the information in the device tree in the registry. For more information about the registry, see the Technical Reference to the Windows 2000 Registry (Regentry.chm) on the Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion CD.

Figure 19.1 Device Manager