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re: Question about 'Go Directly to Device Manager' Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 4:07 am Posted by normanw (1284 messages posted) Who asked? ‘There’s always tomorrow. At least, there always has been, so far.’ – Keith Waterhouse On Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 12:23 am, Cacho wrote: >There's a much easier and quicker way to go to Device Manager: >Hold down the Windows key and hit the Pause/Break key. >That will open the System Properties. Click the Hardware tag and VOILÁ! DEVICE MANAGER > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Go Directly to Device Manager' Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 9:48 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) I believe that it's easier to Right Click on My Computer, and select Device Manager... Two clicks versus 3 and a keystroke, also easier to remember. and I'm reasonably sure that is one of the methods listed. On Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 12:23 am, Cacho wrote: >There's a much easier and quicker way to go to Device Manager: >Hold down the Windows key and hit the Pause/Break key. >That will open the System Properties. Click the Hardware tag and VOILÁ! DEVICE MANAGER > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Go Directly to Device Manager' Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 6:17 pm Posted by PeterD (338 messages posted) Minor point Ricer. On my PC (and maybe others) its "select manage". Cheers On Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 9:48 am, Ricer46 wrote: >I believe that it's easier to Right Click on My Computer, and select Device Manager... >Two clicks versus 3 and a keystroke, also easier to remember. >and I'm reasonably sure that is one of the methods listed. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Go Directly to Device Manager' Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 6:32 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) That's there too, but it's not the same thing, it takes still a 3rd click to open the Device Manager using that route. On Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 6:17 pm, PeterD wrote: >Minor point Ricer. On my PC (and maybe others) its "select manage". >Cheers > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Go Directly to Device Manager' Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 7:30 pm Posted by PeterD (338 messages posted) No, its not on my PC (XP Pro, SP3). There is just Manage, which opens to the Computer Management page, where of course Device Manager can be selected along with a variety of management tools. Cheers On Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 6:32 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >That's there too, but it's not the same thing, it takes still a 3rd click to open >the Device Manager using that route. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Go Directly to Device Manager' Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 11:01 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Strange, I've seen several installations, not all done by me, and all had this option. On Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 7:30 pm, PeterD wrote: >No, its not on my PC (XP Pro, SP3). There is just Manage, which opens to the Computer >Management page, where of course Device Manager can be selected along with a variety >of management tools. >Cheers > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Go Directly to Device Manager' Friday, July 31, 2009 at 11:01 am Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) SP3 thing maybe? On Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 11:01 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >Strange, I've seen several installations, not all done by me, and all had this option. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Go Directly to Device Manager' Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 6:29 am Posted by MartinM (7551 messages posted) I just have a Windows Key short cut to devmgmt.msc Does that count as one keystroke or two though ? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Go Directly to Device Manager' Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 6:28 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) I can do that in Two Clicks.:) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Go Directly to Device Manager' Sunday, August 2, 2009 at 7:28 am Posted by NigelHH (1324 messages posted) I don't have a Windows key... [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum