Starting And Using The Windows 95 Device Manager - IBM Aptiva Handbook

The following chapters contain instructions for manually
updating the Setup Utility when changes are not
automatically detected:
•
"Chapter 6: Working with system board
components" on page 63
•
"Chapter 7: Working with adapter cards and drives"
on page 77
"Chapter 4: Viewing and changing Aptiva
configuration" on page 31 contains instructions for
working with the Setup Utility.
Starting and using the Windows 95
Device Manager
You can use the Windows 95 Device Manager to record,
verify, or change resource settings for many of the
hardware devices installed on your computer. You can
resolve resource conflicts, such as those that might
occur with input/output (I/O) address, interrupt request
(IRQ), and direct memory access (DMA) resources.
Device Manager lists the hardware devices installed in
your computer at the factory, such as a modem card or
CD-ROM drive, and many devices you might install later,
such as sound and musical instrument digital interface
(MIDI) devices and video and game devices.
If you reassign resources in Device Manager, you may
receive a message instructing you to restart your
computer.
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To start the Device Manager, follow these steps:
1.
From the Windows 95 desktop, double-click on the
My Computer icon.
2.
In the My Computer window, double-click on the
Control Panel icon.
3.
In the Control Panel window, double-click on the
System icon.
4.
In the System Properties window, click on the
Device Manager tab.
You can print resource reports from Device Manager.
These reports can include information about all the
resources used by your computer or information about
the resources used by selected devices or groups of
devices. You can send these reports to the printer or
save them to files.
For help with the Device Manager, including instructions
for printing information about your hardware, follow
these steps:
1.
From your Windows 95 desktop, click on the Start
button.
2.
Click on the Help option.
3.
Click on the Index tab.
4.
Search on Device Manager.
If you need help once you have started the Device
Manager, press the F1 key to view the online help. You
can also click on the window's help icon (the question