How to Configure Device Manager to Display Detailed Information

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This article was previously published under Q304514

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SUMMARY

If you require additional device information that is not typically displayed in Device Manager, you can configure Device Manager to show detailed information.

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To configure Device Manager to show details:

Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe, and then press ENTER.
Type set DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS=1, and then press ENTER.
Type start devmgmt.msc, and then press ENTER. In Device Manager the properties for a device should now provide a Details tab that contains additional information about the device.

You can view the Details tab to see the following device information:

Device Instance ID
Hardware IDs
Compatible IDs
Matching Device ID
Service
Enumerator
Capabilities
Devnode Flags
Config Flags
CSConfig Flags
Ejection Relations
Removal Relations
Bus Relations
Device Upper Filters
Device Lower Filters
Class Upper Filters
Class Lower Filters
Class Installer
Class Coinstallers
Device Coinstallers
Firmware Revision
Current Power State
Power Capabilities
Power State Mappings

NOTE: Not all of these properties will be populated for a given device. In other words, although all of these properties are listed, some may not contain information when viewing a particular device.

For additional information about related topics, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

283658 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283658/EN-US/ ) How to Manage Devices in Windows XP

244601 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244601/EN-US/ ) How to Troubleshoot Unknown Devices Listed in Device Manager

125174 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/125174/EN-US/ ) Explanation of Error Codes Generated by Device Manager

133240 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/133240/EN-US/ ) Troubleshooting Device Conflicts with Device Manager