Alternately, you can simply right-click the Windows start button on the taskbar and then click Device Manager.
Then type "devmgmt.msc" (without the quotation marks) and press Enter. If you’re unsure, select Ask me every time, and an AutoPlay window will appear every time you insert the media or device, allowing you to choose an action from the list.To launch the Device Manager, you can press the Windows + R keys to open a Run dialog box. Double-click the device, click on Reinstall Driver and follow the on-screen instructionsĤ. If there’s a yellow exclamation mark next to a device or it is listed as ‘Unknown Device’, this usually means that the device driver hasn’t installed correctly.Ģ. Double-click the dev ice and then click Enable Device to correct this A down-pointing arrow symbolises that a device has been disabled.ġ. Problem hardware appears in Device Manager with a small warning icon. If everything’s running OK, you'll see the message ‘ This device is working properly ’ under the Device status Double-click an item to reveal a Properties windowģ.
Click the arrow next to each device category to reveal individual hardware components, such as external hard drivesĢ. In Windows 10 – type device manager in the search window (bottom-left by the Start menu), then click Device Manager. From the pop-up menu, click Device Manager. In Windows 8 – move your mouse cursor to the bottom-left of the screen and right-click the thumbnail image that appears. In the window that appears, Device Manager is located under the Devices and Printers section.
In the Control Panel, click Hardware and Sound. In Windows 7 – click the Start button, then click Control Panel. If a Windows device isn’t working properly, Device Manager will flag the problem with an error code. Located in the Windows Control Panel, Device Manager is a tool that lets you manage and troubleshoot both your computer’s internal components and devices connected to your PC. Once you’ve tried restarting the device and the computer, use Windows’ Device Manager to track down and fix the problem. So, it’s frustrating when Windows 7 refuses to recognise a device, or the device itself won’t work the way it should. Most of the time, when you plug something like a printer or an external hard drive into your computer, it will work straightaway.
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