If your remote device isn't behaving, you may want to remove it and re-install it. Read this Windows 10 tutorial to find out how.
Plug and Play, the technology that finds, installs, and manages drivers on Windows devices, is downright miraculous when it works. These days, thankfully, that's most of the time.
Occasionally, though, something goes wrong with Plug and Play. You might find, for example, that one or more devices you previously paired with your Windows 10 PC still appear on the Bluetooth And Other Devices page, and trying to remove them results in an error message. For those and other similar situations, a well-hidden Device Manager option can help.
SEE: Microsoft 365: A cheat sheet (free PDF) (TechRepublic)
Right-click Start and choose Device Manager from the Quick Link menu (Figure A).
Figure A
From Device Manager, click View > Show Hidden Devices. With that option selected, expanding any branch of the Device Manager tree shows devices that have been configured but are not currently in use. These normally hidden devices appear dimmed compared with those devices that are active and in use.
Figure B
Go through the list until you find the entry for the zombie device, right-click, and choose Uninstall. Doing so removes the hidden entry from Device Manager and from any other places in Windows where it might be causing problems.
Be sure to turn off the Show Hidden Devices option when you're finished.
Microsoft Weekly Newsletter
Be your company's Microsoft insider by reading these Windows and Office tips, tricks, and cheat sheets. Delivered Mondays and Wednesdays
Sign up todayAlso see
Image: itakdalee, Getty Images/iStockphoto
"device" - Google News
January 06, 2021 at 09:00PM
https://ift.tt/38hac1o
How to uninstall a Plug and Play device that you no longer use in Windows 10 - TechRepublic
"device" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2KSbrrl
https://ift.tt/2YsSbsy
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "How to uninstall a Plug and Play device that you no longer use in Windows 10 - TechRepublic"
Post a Comment