1. 1 Introducing Device Manager Located in Computer Management Provides a graphical view Helps manage and troubleshoot hardware devices Works with Plug and Play and legacy devices

2. 2 Installing Devices Plug and Play–compliant devices Must have the appropriate driver installed Must have a Plug and Play BIOS or ACPI-BIOS Are automatically detected, installed, and configured by Microsoft Windows 2000 Devices not compliant with Plug and Play

3. 3 Configuring and Troubleshooting Devices Identify free resources. Assign a device to a free resource. Disable devices to free resources. Reallocate resources to free a required resource. Log on as Administrator. Do not assign resources to Plug and Play devices.

4. 4 Using the System Information Snap-In

5. 5 Introducing Driver Signing Windows 2000 drivers and operating system files are digitally signed. Device Manager’s Driver tab displays the digital signer. Some applications’ installation programs overwrite operating system files. Potential system errors can be caused by an incorrect version of a driver or file.

6. 6 Configuring Driver Signing

7. 7 Monitoring and Trouble- shooting Driver Signing Device Manager SFC command-line utility File Signature Verification utility sigverif

8. 8 Scaling The process of adding processors to your computer Supports up to two microprocessors Beneficial for heavy computation or complex graphics rendering

9. 9 Updating Drivers Use Device Manager. Upgrade to a newer version of the driver. Convert from a single processor to a multiple processor computer.

10. 10 Using Performance Console to Monitor System Performance Monitor the activity of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) systems. Gauge a computer’s efficiency. Locate and resolve current or potential problems.

11. 11 Configuring and Trouble- shooting Fax Support Using the Fax icon in Control Panel Displaying the Advanced Options tab Using the Fax Service Management console Faxing a document Monitoring a fax

12. 12 Managing and Trouble- shooting I/O Devices Scanners and cameras Mouse devices Modems Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices IrDA devices and wireless devices Keyboards