DRAG DROP
You are on a company’s desktop support team.
You receive a call from an employee. The employee is having problems installing an old printer on a Windows
8.1 Pro computer. The employee asks you to look at the driver that is installed and assess if it is the correct
one.
You need to open the device manager remotely.
Which four actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate four actions from the
list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Answer: See the explanation
Explanation:
1. At the Run command, type mmc compmgmt.msc and select Enter.
2. On the Action menu, click Connect to another computer.
3. At the Select Computer dialog box, enter the remote computer.
4. Expand System Tools and select Device Manager.http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754081.aspx
Open Device Manager
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To open Computer Management by using the command line
At a command prompt, in the Start Search box, or the Run box, type the command:
mmc compmgmt.msc
..To open Device Manager on a remote computer
1. Open Computer Management using either of the procedures in the previous section.
2. On the Action menu, click Connect to another computer.
3. In the Select Computer dialog box, do one of the following:
* In the Another computer text box, type the name of the computer to access, and then click OK.
* Click Browse, and then click Advanced to find the computer you want. Click OK when you have selected the
correct computer.
If the connection is successful, the name of the computer appears in parentheses next to the Computer
Management label in the upper left.
Note: Access to Device Manager on a remote computer in this manner is “read-only.” You cannot make any
changes to devices or their settings.
Further Information:
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Modify settings using MMC you can start Computer Management and then go Actions -> Connect to a another
computer …
For some of these settings remote registry service must be enabled and of course permission on the remote
client.
