How to break down XP device manager application skills three

1. 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 There are several more devices in the list. After comparison, there are three hidden devices. They are:

NT Apm/Legacy Support ——NT Apm/Legacy Interface Node (Hint: If your Windows XP After powering off, it is not powered. It is very likely that NT Apm/Legacy Interface Node is not started. Try booting it to see if it solves the problem. Storage Volume —— Universal Volume; Non-Plug and Play Driver.

2. Cleverly hide the optical drive

Click “Start →Run”, type“devmgmt.msc”Enter and press to 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 “Disable" on the toolbar ; button or select “deactivate” from the right-click menu, a confirmation dialog will pop up, click ““ is” button, after a while you can see that there is a cross in front of the device, indicating the optical 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 hide the CD-ROM drive by disabling the "Secondary IDE channel" method: first find the "IDE ATA/ATAPI controller" in the "Device Manager" and expand it, then right click "ld" ; secondary IDE channel & rdquo;, select “ disable & rdquo; command.

3. Let your <;Device Manager>; more powerful

“Device Manager& rdquo; is a good helper for managing computer devices, as long as You can make your <;Device Manager> display more device details in a few simple steps to make it even more powerful.

Click “Start →Run”, type “cmd” and press Enter to open the Command Prompt window. Enter “set DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS=1” Enter, then type “start devmgmt.msc” command and press Enter to start “Device Manager”. Take a closer look at your "Device Manager" and find out what is the difference? Right, there is a "details" tab, which can help you understand the specifics of computer components in more detail. parameter. However, the fly in the ointment is that after closing the "Device Manager", the next time you open it again, the "Details" tab will disappear!