Device Manager

is a Control Panel applet in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It allows users to view and control the hardware attached to the computer. When a piece of hardware is not working, the offending hardware is highlighted for the user to deal with. It was introduced with Windows 95 and later added to Windows 2000. In NT-based versions, it is included as a Microsoft Management Console snap-in.

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

The Device Manager tool under Windows 8

The Device Manager tool under Windows Vista

Types of icons
Disabled device A disabled device has either been manually disabled by a user or by some way of error. In Windows 95 through XP, this is denoted by a red X. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, this was replaced by a grey downward pointing arrow in the lower right-hand corner of the device's icon. Hardware not working properly There are many reasons why hardware may not work properly. If Windows recognizes a problem with a device, it is denoted by a black exclamation point (!) on a yellow triangle in the lower right-hand corner of the device's icon.

Hardware not recognized Hardware may not be recognized if it is not installed properly or not compatible with your system. This is denoted by a yellow question mark in place of the device's icon.
Device manually selected A blue "i" on a white field in the lower righthand corner of a Device's icon indicates that the Use automatic settings feature is not selected for the device and that the resource was manually selected. Note that this does not indicate a problem or disabled state.

Error Codes

Device Manager error codes are numerical codes, accompanied by an error message, that help users determine what kind of issue Windows is having with a piece of hardware.

Code
1 3 10 12

Meaning
This device has not been configured correctly. The driver for this device may be corrupted, or your system may be running low on memory. This device cannot start. Not enough resources for the device.

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16 18 19 21

You must restart your computer for the device to work properly.
Windows can't identify all the resources this device requires. Drivers for this device must be reinstalled. Configuration information in Windows registry is damaged or corrupted for this device. Windows is removing this device.

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22 24 This device is disabled.

Meaning

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

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29 31 32 33 34 35

The drivers for this device are not installed.

The firmware of the device did not give it the required resources. Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. A driver for this device has been disabled. Windows cannot determine which resources are required for this device. Windows cannot determine the settings for this device. Your computer's firmware does not include enough information to properly configure and use this device.

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36 37 38 39 40

Meaning
This device is requesting a PCI interrupt but is configured for an ISA interrupt (or vice versa). Windows failed to initialize the device driver for this hardware. Windows cannot run the driver for this device because a previous instance of the driver exists. Windows cannot load the driver for this device. The driver may be corrupted or missing. Windows cannot access this hardware because its service key information in the registry is missing or corrupted.

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42 43

Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device.
Windows cannot run the driver for this device because there is a duplicate device already running in the system. Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems.

Code
44 45 46

Meaning
An application or service has shut down this hardware device. This hardware device is not connected to the computer. Windows cannot gain access to this hardware device because the operating system is in the process of shutting down. Windows cannot use this device because it has been prepared for safe removal, but it has not been removed from the computer. The driver for this device has been blocked from starting because it is known to have problems with Windows. Windows cannot start new hardware devices because the system hive is too large and exceeds the Registry Size Limit. 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 Profiler is

a software utility derived from field service diagnostics produced by Apple's Service Diagnostic Engineering team, at that time located in Apple satellite buildings in Campbell, California, that has been bundled with the Mac OS since Mac OS 7.6 (until OS X it was called Apple System Profiler). Sometime between 10.6.8 and 10.7.2, System Profiler had its named changed to System Information.

It compiles technical information on all of the installed hardware, devices, drivers, applications, system settings, system software programs and kernel extensions installed on the host computer. It can export this information as plain text, RTF or in the plist XML format. This information is used to diagnose problems. System Profiler can be extremely useful if attempting to diagnose a hardware problem. A user can send the information directly to Appleif the user desires. It has support for scripting automation through AppleScript and some limited support in Automator. System information can also be accessed by using the "system_profiler" command through a Terminal application. For more information, execute man system_profiler or "system_profiler -h" in an OS X terminal application.

The System Information is divided into few major categories: Software Information: Operating System, Software Licenses

(Product Keys / Serial Numbers / CD Key), Installed Software and Hotfixes, Processes, Services, Users, Open Files, System Uptime, Installed Codecs, Passwords Recovery, Server Configuration. Hardware Information: Motherboard, CPU, Sensors, BIOS, chipset, PCI/AGP, USB and ISA/PnP Devices, Memory, Video Card, 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 hidden behind asterisks), Monitor Test, Shutdown / Restart. Real-time monitors: CPU, Memory, Page File usage and Network Traffic.

SIW (Technician's Version) is a standalone utility that does not require installation (Portable) - one less installed program on your PC as well the fact that you can run the program directly from an USB flash drive, from a network drive or from a domain login script. Client Platform: Windows 8.1 / Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Vista / Windows XP / 2000 / Media Center / Tablet PC / WinRE / BartPE / Winternals ERD Commander Server Platform: Windows 2012 (R2) / Windows SBS 2011 / Windows Server 2008 (R2) / Windows Server 2003 (R2) / Windows Server 2000