How to disable/enable a system device?

ineedh3lp · Post by **ineedh3lp** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:48 am

Hello!

I am wondering, can someone provide a script (or help me creating one) for disabling/enabling a system device using a MacroScheduler script?

So, instead of me having to go to Computer Management > Device Manager, select a device, right click and disable/enable it I would like to use a script that would quickly do that for me (without the need of a graphical user interface).

Thank you in advance.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:38 pm

Download DevCon whch is a command line version of device manager:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272

Then you can do something like:

Run>devcon.exe disable bla

Run>devcon.exe enable bla

ineedh3lp · Post by **ineedh3lp** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:38 pm

Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for.

idiot · Post by **idiot** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:00 am

without needing to download anything click start menu click run type "msconfig" with out the qoutes
this will bring up the system menu this is also how you stop programs from running on start up and slowing boot time

ineedh3lp · Post by **ineedh3lp** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:58 am

idiot wrote:without needing to download anything click start menu click run type "msconfig" with out the qoutes
this will bring up the system menu this is also how you stop programs from running on start up and slowing boot time

That wasn't what I asked for.

I want to disable and re-enable a device (during the same session), not services and applications. As for the boot time I'd get a SSD to speed it up, I wouldn't disable services and applications that are started because they are being used (not to mention I roughly restart the PC once a month).

Either way, thanks for the input, idiot.