Questions tagged [device-manager]
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Why does Windows think that my wireless keyboard is a toaster?
I've inherited an old PC from my girlfriend's dad and when setting up the printer I got a bit of a surprise:
Two questions spring to mind here:
Why does Windows think my wireless keyboard is a toaster?
Why does Windows even have an icon for a…
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Pulseaudio: how to rescan audio devices?
When adding a USB device to my system (I deliberately run no modern stack for device detection), Pulseaudio can't pickup it without restart (pulseaudio -k; pulseaudio --start).
Is there an option for, say, pactl, which will make pulseaudio to…
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How to Automatically update all devices in device manager
In Windows device manager it is possible to "manually" start an automatic update of a device. But its very tedious, each device has to be clicked (as it is not known if that particular device has an update available) - then the popups have to be…
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How to open Device Manager as admin?
My company has made our Win10 users to be "standard users" (without admin rights). However, there is a possibility to run a program using admin rights with some "auto elevation" (Avecto Defendpoint?) system. What I would normally do is "right click"…
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Can Somebody Explain About Wi-Fi Device Manager Settings And Power Settings In Windows 7?
Sometimes I have low Wi-Fi signal and I am curious about the Wi-Fi settings in Device Manager and Power Settings. I would like to get an exhaustive explanation about each, so let's start with Wi-Fi settings in Device Manager:
Screen continued:
I…
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Can I know if a device is USB 3.0 or 2.0 in Device Manager?
I'm using applications like HWInfo to learn this, but I've always wondered if it's possible to learn this from Device Manager, especially when I'm remoting into a customer's PC with TeamViewer, without having to install an application.
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How to find vendor and model of unknown drivers
I reinstalled windows on a new machine and the drivers are not present for the product network card.
When in device manager all I get is the question mark and I am unable to figure out the actual name of the vendor or model of the card. This is…
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Enable/Disable device driver via command line
I did a google search and found tools like devcon and devmanview but they are only useful to disable/enable the device not the device driver. What I want to do is be able to disable/enable a particular device driver via command line. Anybody know…
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Make Windows 10 Recognize Bluetooth Dongle as Bluetooth?
I stumbled across a six pin header on my motherboard designed for an internal Bluetooth module that uses USB protocols to communicate, and ended up making the actual cable that allowed me to place the dongle inside the laptop.
The dongle is…
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Finding a device given a physical device object name
I have a physical device object name, e.g. "\Device\0000007c".
In Windows 7, how do I find what device corresponds to that ID short of going through every device in my system in Device Manager, one at a time, opening the properties dialog and…
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How to find last-added USB device in Windows?
Is there a way to find the last-added USB device in Windows (perhaps something like "dmesg" for Windows)?
I'm plugging the USB device in, and it makes the sound of connection, but when I check Device Manager -- it's not there (where I think it…
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Fastest way to bluetooth tether a phone in Windows 8
As a web developer, connecting my laptop computer to the internet via bluetooth with my iphone is something I do several times a day. Is there an easy way to do this in Windows 8 that I'm missing? It seems like the sort of thing that would be…
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Device manager showing extra Generic Non-PnP Monitors
I also referenced this dated post: Dell laptop...
This is for a Windows 10 Dell Precision Workstation.
It has operated without issue for several years.
Thought I would ask in the event others have seen this in different ways since the post linked…
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What is "HID Keyboard Device" in Device Manager (Win 7)
I see "HID Keyboard Device" listed twice under "Keyboards" listing in the Device Manager. What do they mean? Do they represent the laptop keyboard? Why are there two of them?
Windows 7 64-bit
Dell Studio XPS laptop
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Why does my netbook have more USB controllers than ports?
My netbook has three USB ports, but when I look in the device manager:
Five are listed. Does this matter in the least (or, why are five listed)? The reason I bring this up:
See, if I know that two of the devices in the device manager don't…
user9141