Windows XP system magic: Device Manager Tips

"Device Manager" is one of the homework magic tools that DIYer often uses. Here you can manage common devices, including device deactivation or enablement, update device drivers and solve them. Conflicts between devices, etc. However, do you know how to use it? Let's take a look at it. 1. Make your "Device Manager" more powerful
"Device Manager" is a good helper for us to manage computer equipment, in fact, you can make your "Device Manager" display more by following the simple steps below. More device details, making it even more powerful. Click Start → Run, type cmd and press Enter to open the Command Prompt window. Enter "set DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS=1" and press Enter, then type "start devmgmt.msc" and press Enter to start the Device Manager. Take a closer look at your "Device Manager" and find out what's the difference? Right, there is a "Details" tab that will help you get a deeper understanding of the specific parameters of your computer components. But the fly in the ointment is that after closing the "Device Manager", the "Details" tab will disappear when you open it again next time! 2. Cleverly hide the CD-ROM drive
Click "Start → Run" and type "devmgmt.msc" After you press Enter, you can open the Device Manager. Then find and expand the "DVD/CD-ROM drive" in the "Device Manager", select the specific drive model you want to hide (if there are more than one), then click the "Deactivate" button on the toolbar or from the right-click menu Select "Deactivate" in the system, the system will pop up a confirmation dialog box, click the "Yes" button directly, after a while you can see that there is a cross in front of the device, indicating that the CD-ROM drive has been disabled. At this point, open "My Computer" or Explorer, you will find that the CD-ROM drive letter has disappeared! Tip: In addition, if your CD-ROM drive is connected to the second IDE interface separately, you can also disable the "Time" To hide the optical drive by the IDE channel method: first find the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller" item in the "Device Manager" and expand it, then right click on the "Secondary IDE Channel" and select the "Deactivate" command. . 3. Let all devices display
Let's take Windows XP as an example: Click "View → Show hidden devices" in the "Device Manager" window, you will find several devices in the list, after comparison Found that there are three hidden devices, they are: NT Apm/Legacy support - NT Apm /Legacy Interface Node (Hint: If your Windows XP is powered off after power off, it is likely because NT Apm /Legacy Interface Node does not Start, try to start it to see if it solves the problem); storage volume - general volume; non-plug and play driver.