by @Macarlo
Windows 2000 Professional Beta Tester
(Screenshots by Namo Capture)



Hi Folks.
Today I will show here a flash about how to Windows 2000 Professional manages hardware. If you are NT user and are accustomed with Disk Administrator you will be surprised. In Windows 2000 this tol is simply occult but exist and runs as Disk Administrator of NT4. In the photo above you can see it unveiled on my test machine, Pentium 200 + 128MB EDO RAM.

When I installed Windows 2000 Professional per at the first time I was scared because I noted that my CDROM was mounted as a partition and was locked. If I eject it Windows 2000 was just freeze! The problem is that Windows 2000 mount any devices as a partition an manages this devices as a logical volume. In the photo above you can see that I've two CDs insered in CD_ROM drives and both are mounted as CDFS file format. With this characteristic configuration the user takes total control over all devices.
In Windows NT 4.0 Devices is located in Control Panel and is used to start or stop devices. In Windows 2000, Devices has been renamed Device Manager and it is located in Computer Management. Device Manager provides you with information about how the hardware on your computer is installed or configured, and how the hardware interacts with your computer's programs. For information about using Device Manager, see Related Topics or click the Action menu in Computer Management, and then click Help .
You must have Load and unload device drivers permissions to use Device Manager. Administrators have this permission by default and can grant permission to users. To open Computer Management, click Start , point to Settings , and click Control Panel . Double-click Administrative Tools and then double-click Computer Management .

Using Device Manager

Device Manager (see the photo above) provides you with information about how the hardware on your computer is installed (see photo below) and configured, and how the hardware interacts with your computer's programs. You can also use Device Manager to check the status of your hardware and update device drivers for the hardware installed on your computer.

1. Open Computer Management (Local).
2. In the console tree, double-click System Tools , and then click Device Manager .

Notes

• You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure.

• To open Computer Management, click Start , point to Settings , and click Control Panel . Double-click Administrative Tools and then double-click Computer Management .
  
  
  
  

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