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Using Device Manager to manage devices and their drivers require the following permissions, all of which are granted to Administrators:
The Load\Unload Drivers privilege.
The permissions needed to copy files to the system32\drivers directory.
The permissions needed to write settings to the registry.
Device Manager allows the following functionality:
Determine if the hardware on your computer is working properly.
Change hardware configuration settings.
Identify the device drivers that are loaded for each device and obtain information about each device driver.
Change advanced settings and properties for devices.
Install updated device drivers.
Disable, enable, and uninstall devices.
Reinstall the previous version of a driver.
Identify device conflicts and manually configure resource settings.
Print a summary of the devices that are installed on your computer.
