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While the Setup program (see Chapter Six) tells your computer what equipment it is running, the
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Device Manager
tells the operating system what equipment it is running. It is a good
idea to learn about the various components of your system and how they operate. You might find that
there are capabilities of your system that you had not anticipated. Or you might need to know what
hardware is in your machine and to what standards it conforms in order to know how well your
system will work with some new software you want to install. Or you might want to add some
additional equipment to your system and will need to know if its settings will conflict with those in
your WinBook XP5 Pro. Device Manager [XP5 Pro 2.5] is the place where you can learn this
information about your system. If you want to know more information about these pieces of the
computer, you can right click on the particular device in the Device Manager and then click on
Properties. If there is a problem with the device, you will get some basic information here on the
source of the problem. If there is a conflict between two (or more) devices, you will also be told which
devices are trying to use the same IRQ or resource.
You can get to th e
Device Manager
through th e
System
icon in th e
Control Panel
(
Start/Settings/Control Pane
l
) or by right-clicking th e
My Computer
icon on the desktop and
selectin g
Properties
. In th e
System Properties
window, click th e
Device Manager
tab.
You can use the plus signs beside the device category to expand the category and reveal the actual
devices that fall into that category. [XP5 Pro 2.6]
[Sidebar: Exclamation icon: Be sure to read the Windows 95 manual carefully before altering any
