In Windows 7 and earlier Windows XP operating systems, adding or removing hardware devices is done through <;Device Manager", and Windows 8 provides a completely new approach. To add or remove various devices.
Open “computer settings”
In fact, Windows 8's "Device Manager" is still reserved, the old users can still find it in the "Control Panel", and Hi new The user is now using Windows 8's latest & ldquo; computer settings & rdquo; interface.
Mouse the mouse arrow to the top or bottom of the right side of the screen. This is a transparent menu on the right side of the screen, click on the bottom setting icon. In the pop-up settings interface, click on the bottom of the "Change PC settings" option. This enters the computer settings interface. Then click on the device option in the left menu to see a list of the various hardware devices connected to the current computer on the right (Figure 1).
Adding a new device to install
Usually when a user connects a new device to a computer, Windows 8 will automatically detect and install it. If Windows 8 does not find the corresponding driver, the user can get it from it. The manufacturer's website is downloaded and installed. However, there are some exceptions. When a new device is installed on a computer, Windows 8 cannot automatically detect it, such as a wireless network printer. In this case, the user needs to manually install the device.
First of all, make sure the device is connected to the computer and turn on the power. Click the “Add device” option at the top of the device list. Windows 8 will automatically search for the device. After a few seconds, it will be displayed. device of. Then click on the device you want to install and go to the installation driver process. The process time depends on the size of the data in the driver. When the progress bar is finished, the device is installed.
Tips: In this device list, you won't see all the hardware devices, such as boards, hard drives, CD-ROM drives, etc., which display monitors, printers, scanners, mouse and keyboard, mobile phones, flash memory, etc. External devices can even display the Xbox 360 game console connected to your computer.
Deleting an installed device
In the list of hardware devices, when you click on a device with the mouse, a minus sign appears on the right side of the device, and then click the minus sign. Windows 8 will ask to confirm that you want to delete the device. (Figure 2) Click the “Delete” button and the device will no longer appear in the device list after the process is over.
On a computer with Windows 8, using the "Computer Settings" interface, adding or removing devices will be done very easily. However, it also has the disadvantage that the types of devices displayed and the setting options are not as rich as the device manager, nor can they be configured to work. It is said that Microsoft will provide Windows 8 applications later, and then it will help PC settings to be more user-friendly.