Device Manager & System Information

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Device Manager

is a Control Panel applet in MicrosoftWindows operating systems. It allowsusers to view and control the hardware

attached to the computer. When a piece ofhardware is not working, the offendinghardware is highlighted for the user to dealwith.

It was introduced with Windows 95 andlater added to Windows 2000. In NT-basedversions, it is included as a MicrosoftManagement Console snap-in.


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The list of hardware can be sorted by

Various criteria.

For each device, users can:

Supply device drivers Enable or disable devices

Tell Windows to ignore malfunctioning devices

View other technical properties


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The Device Manager tool

underWindows 8

The Device Manager tool

underWindows Vista
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Types of icons

Disabled device

A disabled device has either been manually disabledby a user or by some way of error. In Windows 95through XP, this is denoted by a red X. In WindowsVista and Windows 7, this was replaced by a greydownward pointing arrow in the lower right-handcorner of the device's icon.

Hardware not working properly

There are many reasons why hardware may notwork properly. If Windows recognizes a problem witha device, it is denoted by a black exclamation point(!) on a yellow triangle in the lower right-hand cornerof the device's icon.


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Hardware not recognized

Hardware may not be recognized if it is not

installed properly or not compatible withyour system. This is denoted by a yellowquestion mark in place of the device's icon.

Device manually selected A blue "i" on a white field in the lower right-

hand corner of a Device's icon indicatesthat the Use automatic settings feature isnot selected for the device and that theresource was manually selected. Note thatthis does not indicate a problem ordisabled state.


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Error Codes

Device Manager error codes are

numerical codes, accompanied by an

error message, that help usersdetermine what kind of issue Windows is

having with a piece of hardware.


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Code Meaning

1 This device has not been configured correctly.

3 The driver for this device may be corrupted, or your system maybe running low on memory.

10 This device cannot start.

12 Not enough resources for the device.

14 You must restart your computer for the device to work properly.

16 Windows can't identify all the resources this device requires.

18 Drivers for this device must be reinstalled.

19 Configuration information in Windows registry is damaged orcorrupted for this device.

21 Windows is removing this device.


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Code Meaning

22 This device is disabled.

24 This device is not present, does not have all its drivers installed,or is not working properly.

28 The drivers for this device are not installed.

29 The firmware of the device did not give it the required

resources.

31 Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device.

32 A driver for this device has been disabled.

33 Windows cannot determine which resources are required for

this device.

34 Windows cannot determine the settings for this device.

35 Your computer's firmware does not include enough information

to properly configure and use this device.


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Code Meaning

36 This device is requesting a PCI interrupt but is configured for

an ISA interrupt (or vice versa).

37 Windows failed to initialize the device driver for this hardware.

38 Windows cannot run the driver for this device because a

previous instance of the driver exists.

39 Windows cannot load the driver for this device. The driver may

be corrupted or missing.40 Windows cannot access this hardware because its service key

information in the registry is missing or corrupted.

41 Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware

but cannot find the hardware device.

42 Windows cannot run the driver for this device because there isa duplicate device already running in the system.

43 Windows has stopped this device because it has reported

problems.


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Code Meaning

44 An application or service has shut down this hardware device.

45 This hardware device is not connected to the computer.

46 Windows cannot gain access to this hardware device because

the operating system is in the process of shutting down.

47 Windows cannot use this device because it has been prepared

for safe removal, but it has not been removed from thecomputer.

48 The driver for this device has been blocked from starting

because it is known to have problems with Windows.

49 Windows cannot start new hardware devices because

the system hive is too large and exceeds the Registry SizeLimit.

52 Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers

required for this device. A recent hardware or software change

might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged.


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System Information

Previously known as System Profilerisa software utility derived from field servicediagnostics produced by Apple's ServiceDiagnostic Engineering team, at that time

located in Apple satellite buildings inCampbell, California, that has been bundledwith the Mac OS since Mac OS 7.6 (until OSX it was called Apple System Profiler).

Sometime between 10.6.8 and 10.7.2,System Profiler had its named changed toSystem Information.
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It compiles technical information on all of the installedhardware, devices, drivers, applications, system settings,system software programs and kernel extensions installedon the host computer. It can export this informationas plain text, RTF or in the plistXML format. Thisinformation is used to diagnose problems. System Profilercan be extremely useful if attempting to diagnose ahardware problem. A user can send the informationdirectly toAppleif the user desires. It has support forscripting automation through AppleScript and somelimited support in Automator.

System information can also be accessed by using the"system_profiler" command through a Terminalapplication. For more information, execute mansystem_profileror "system_profiler -h" in an OS Xterminal application.

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The System Information is

divided into few major

categories: Software Information: Operating System, Software Licenses(Product Keys / Serial Numbers / CD Key), Installed Softwareand Hotfixes, Processes, Services, Users, Open Files, SystemUptime, Installed Codecs, Passwords Recovery, ServerConfiguration.

Hardware Information: Motherboard, CPU, Sensors, BIOS,

chipset, PCI/AGP, USB and ISA/PnP Devices, Memory, VideoCard, Monitor, Disk Drives, CD/DVD Devices, SCSI Devices,S.M.A.R.T., Ports, Printers.

Network Information: Network Cards, Network Shares,currently active Network Connections, Open Ports.

Network Tools: MAC Address Changer, Neighborhood Scan,Ping, Trace, Statistics, Broadband Speed Test

Miscellaneous Tools: Eureka! (Reveal lost passwords hiddenbehind asterisks), Monitor Test, Shutdown / Restart.

Real-time monitors: CPU, Memory, Page File usage andNetwork Traffic.


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SIW (Technician's Version) is a standalone utility thatdoes not require installation (Portable)- one lessinstalled program on your PC as well the fact thatyou can run the program directly from an USB flashdr ive, from a network dr iveor from a domain login

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Client Platform: Windows 8.1 / Windows 8 /Windows 7 / Vista / Windows XP / 2000 / MediaCenter / Tablet PC / WinRE / BartPE / WinternalsERD CommanderServer Platform: Windows 2012 (R2) / WindowsSBS 2011 / Windows Server 2008 (R2) / WindowsServer 2003 (R2) / Windows Server 2000
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