Describe the steps to access device manager?

Answer 1

You should be able to access it by clicking "Start", then "Control Panel", then "System Properties", then select the "hardware" tab, then "Device Manager". It may be A little different, as I am using "XP"

Answer 2

Windows_Me

1. Click Start, then select Settings -> Control Panel
2. Select System applet, then Device Manager tab.

Windows_2000and Windows_XP

1. Select the Start menu at the bottom-right of your screen.
2. Choose Control Panel (or Settings, then Control Panel on some computers).
3. In the window that opens, double-click the control panel titled System. If there is no item titled System listed in the Control Panels window, click the link in the upper-left of the window titled Switch To Classic View. The SystemControl Panel icon should now be visible to the right. Double-click it to open the System Properties window.
4. At the top of the System Properties window that opens, click the tab titled Hardware.
5. Then click the button labeled Device manager. You will be presented with a list of all the components installed on your computer.

• Alternative 1:
  1. Right-click My_Computerthen select Properties
  2. Select the Hardware tab
  3. Click the Device Manager button
• Alternative 2: Start -> Run -> devmgmt.msc -> OK
• Alternative 3: Type "devmgmt.msc" into the Command_Prompt
• Alternative 4: Device Manager is part of Computer Management, which also includes Event_Viewer, Services Manager, Disk Management and many other things. Right-Click My_Computerthen select Manage to start Computer Management, or invoke compmgmt.msc, or launch it via the shortcut in Control Panel, Administrative Tools.
• Alternative 5: Press and hold down the Windows key and press the Pause/Break key.
• Alternative 6: Create a Batch_file(.bat) to run Device Manager. A one line entry of devmgmt.msc into an ANSItext file with the extension (.bat) suffices. However you can also invoke instance settings, such as displaying non-present devices, by adding an additional first command line

  set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1

  for an overall structure like this:

  set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1

• Alternative 7: Instead of a batch file, simply create a shortcut leading to devmgmt.msc

Windows_Vista

1. Select the Start menu at the bottom-right of your screen.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. In the window that opens, double-click the control panel titled System. If there is no item titled System listed in the Control Panels window, click the link in the upper-left of the window titled Classic View. The System Control Panel icon should now be visible to the right. Double-click it to open the System Properties window.
4. At the top of the Control Panel > System window that opens, click the tab titled Hardware.
5. Then in the upper-left of the window, under Tasks, click the link labeled Device manager. You will be presented with a list of all the components installed on your computer.

Windows_7

1. Select Start from the bottom-right corner of your screen.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Select the first option called System and Security.
4. Select System. In this window there should be a general overview of your computer.
5. On the left hand side there is a list and near the top is the Device Manager. Click on this and it should list all the components installed on your computer.

Answer 3

In which operating system you are asking...Please mention the OS name for better answering.

If it is windows means, you can access it by the following navigation.

Start-->Right Click My computer--> Click Properties--> Select Device Manager Button

Now you can able to access the device manager in Windows XP..