Manage device peripherals
You can find installed devices in the Control Panel or the Settings App. You use the Device Manager for managing the device driver itself.
Devices in the Settings app
You can perform common device management by using the Devices section in the Settings app in Windows. Microsoft optimized the interface for touch and included links to the Device Manager and Devices and Printers for advanced management. You can add and remove printers, wireless, and other devices and configure settings on devices such as a mouse or keyboard. You can also configure what happens when removable devices are plugged in and removed, such as USB media.
Devices in the Control Panel
After you connect to an external device, it appears in Devices and Printers in the Control Panel. You can also add and remove devices here as well. However, Devices and Printers may display more devices and provide advanced configuration options. For example, suppose you connect wireless headphones with a wireless USB transmitter. In that case, the Settings app may show only the headphones, whereas the Control Panel may show the headphones and the USB wireless transmitter.
Device Manager
You can use Device Manager to:
- Install and update device drivers
- Disable or enable devices
- Use the Driver Roll Back feature
- Change resources that devices use, such as interrupt requests (IRQs)
- Troubleshoot device problems
- View devices that are connected currently to your network, and the resources that they're using
When viewing the devices connected to your network, you can sort them by device or connection type. The Device Managers view updates dynamically when the status of a connected device changes. You can also update it manually by selecting the option to scan for hardware changes.
