Toshiba portege r500 Manual De Usuario

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Click Start, Control Panel, then click Performance and 
Maintenance.

Click the Administrative Tools icon.

Double-click Computer Management, then click Device 
Manager.

Select the specific device from the device category. To expand 
a device category, double-click the category.

In the toolbar, look to the far right for an icon of a monitor with 
a strike mark through a circle on the front. This is the disable 
feature.

Click the icon.

You are given the option of disabling the device. 

Click Yes to disable the device or No to cancel.

Device Manager provides a way to view the properties of a device. 
Properties include the name of the manufacturer, the type of device, 
the drivers installed, and the system resources assigned to the 
device. 

To check a device’s properties:

Click Start, Control Panel, then click Performance and 
Maintenance.

Click the Administrative Tools icon.

Double-click Computer Management, then click Device 
Manager.

To view the device(s) installed, double-click the device type.

To view the properties, double-click the device.

The operating system displays the Device Properties dialog 
box, which provides an array of tabs. They may include:

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The General tab, which provides basic information about 
the device.

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The Resource tab, which lists resources assigned to the 
monitor, optional external optical drive, optional external 
diskette drive, and other power-using functions. This tab 
does not appear if the device is not using resources.