Device Manager should be a crucial part of your hardware troubleshooting routine. The Hardware tab provides access to the Device Manager button and the Device Installation Settings button.
During this exercise, a reboot of your system is required before you can see the final result.
The following steps show you how to change your computer name using the System Properties dialog box (see Figure 11.10). Using System Properties to Change Your Computer Name In that case, you need to change the computer name. But if you join a network or workgroup with several other computers, all of a sudden the computer name Computer-jd2d332 (or any other meaningless default name) will not distinguish your machine as yours. If you are working on a standalone machine, this may not be critical. The Change button here allows you to change your computer name. A step-by-step walk through of how to accomplish this was discussed in Chapter 9. This tab is essential for joining a domain or workgroup.
Help your customers take advantage of Windows 7's features, tools and applications by reading through the online version of the book that includes video, screencast tutorials and podcasts. The Windows 7 advice and troubleshooting tips in this book will help you navigate through the operating system with ease.
This chapter excerpt on Managing and Monitoring Windows 7 (download PDF) is taken from the book Using Microsoft Windows 7.
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