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"Where Can I Download Device Manager for Windows?"

By Tim Fisher, About.com

Question: "Where Can I Download Device Manager for Windows?"

Device Manager is a very useful Microsoft Windows utility. With Device Manager, you can disable and enable hardware, update drivers, resolve system resource conflicts, and much more.

Answer: Device Manager is a feature of Windows itself so there is no need to download it.

Downloading Device Manager is possible in theory but there's little reason to search it out for download. Every version of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95, including Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP, come with Device Manager preinstalled as a feature of the operating system.

There are several different ways that you can access Device Manager depending on which version of Windows you're using:

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