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LAB 4
CONFIGURING
DEVICES AND DEVICE
DRIVERS
THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:
Exercise 4.1 Troubleshooting Devices with Device Manager
Exercise 4.2 Updating Device Drivers
Exercise 4.3 Rolling Back Drivers
Lab Challenge Accessing Advanced Boot Options

Exercise 4.1 Troubleshooting Devices with Device Manager
Overview

In this exercise, you will use Device Manager to troubleshoot
problems with devices and device drivers.
Mindset While a hardware problem can be a physical failure of the
device, often the problem is caused by not having the proper
device driver loaded. To view hardware that Windows sees, to
view the drivers that are loaded for the hardware devices, and to
manage the hardware devices and drivers, you would use Device
Manager.
Completion time 20 minutes


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Question
1
Are there any errors or unknown devices?

Yes


Question
2
Which icon represents a disabled device?
Fax with an arrow down


Question
3
In the General tab, what is the status of the device?
This device is disabled. (Code 22)

Click Enable Device to enable this device.


Question
4
Which IRQ and I/O port range is Com2 using?
IRQ: 0 x00000004 (04)
I/O Range: 03F8 03FF


Question
5
In the General tab, what is the status of the device?
This device is working properly.


Question
6
Which IRQ, DMA and I/O port ranges does the Standard
floppy disk controller use?
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IRQ: 0 x00000004 (04)
I/O Range: 03F8 03FF




Question
7
Which icon does the Standard floppy disk controller have
now?
Disk Drive


Question
8
What is the device status now?
This device is working properly.


20. Click the Resources tab, take a screen shot of the Resources tab on the Device
Manager Standard floppy disk controller Properties dialog box by pressing
Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 4 worksheet file in the page provided
by pressing Ctrl+V.
[copy screen shot over this text]


Exercise 4.2 Updating Device Drivers
Overview

In this exercise, you will update device drivers with Device
Manager.
Mindset There are multiple reasons why vendors may update a driver.
They may need to fix an issue, allow the driver to run more
efficiently, or additional capability or functionality. For
whatever reason, you will update a driver.
Completion time 15 minutes

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Question
9
Which driver did it find and what does it say about the driver?
Microsoft
Driver Date: 6/21/2001
Driver version: 6.3.9600.16384


Question
10
Which driver version is Communication Port (COM2) using?

Driver version: 6.3.9600.16384


17. Take a screen shot of the Trimble PMCIA GPS Adapter (Rev. B) (COM2)
Properties dialog box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 4
worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

[copy screen shot over this text]

Exercise 4.3 Rolling Back Drivers
Overview

In this exercise, you will use Device Manager to rollback a
driver.
Mindset From time to time, you will encounter problems when you
upgrade a driver. So you will need to know how to roll back the
driver.
Completion time 5 minutes

5. Take a screen shot of the Communications Port (COM2) Properties dialog box
by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 4 worksheet file in the
page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

[copy screen shot over this text]

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Lab Challenge Accessing Advanced Boot Options
Overview

In this exercise, you will disable driver signature enforcement.
Mindset On occasion, you may need to install a driver that you trust but
has not been signed by the vendor. You can disable driver
signature enforcement by modifying the Startup Settings.
Completion time 10 minutes

1. On WKSTN-MBR-B, mouse over the lower-right corner of the screen,
and when the fly-out menu appears, click the Settings charm. The Settings
menu appears.
2. Click Change PC Settings. The PC Settings menu appears.
3. Click General. The General menu appears.
4. Scroll down to the bottom. Under Advanced Startup, select Restart Now.
5. When the system restarts and the Choose an option page appears, click
Troubleshoot. See Figure 4-4.
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Figure 4-4
The Windows 8 Troubleshoot menu

6. On the Troubleshoot menu, click Advanced Options.
7. Click Startup Settings.
8. On the Startup Settings page, click Restart.
9. When the Startup Settings page appears, press 7 to disable driver
signature enforcement. The system starts, loading all drivers, whether
signed or not and whether altered or not.