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Device Manager: Access denied   |   12.03.2025

In Windows 10 / Windows 11, the Device Manager can no longer be used remotely. Although you can connect to a remote PC via the computer management, the following error message appears when the device manager is called up:

Unable to access the computer <computer name>. Make sure that this computer is on the network, has remote administration enabled, and is running the "Plug and Play" and "Remote registry" services. The error was: Access is denied.

 


This error appears both when connecting from a Windows 10 computer and when connecting to a Windows 10 computer.


Cause 

The reason for this is that Microsoft no longer supports remote connections of the device manager under Windows 10 and Windows 11. The DeviceTool provides a remedy.


DeviceTool 1.1 for Windows 11

DeviceTool is an alternative device manager for administrators. DeviceTool can switch devices on and off remotely and runs under Windows 10 / Windows 11. An overview:

  • Show installed devices (with properties)
  • Switch local devices on and off
  • Switch devices on remote computers on and off
  • No installation required
  • Runs on Windows 7/8/10/11 and Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019/2022
  • Free of charge

Good visualization: Deactivated devices are displayed with a red arrow pointing downwards.

Features:

Show devices

  • Displays all Windows devices (like the original Device Manager)
  • Displays the most important properties of the device
  • Displays devices from remote computers extremely quickly
  • Refreshes automatically

Enable / disable devices

  • Switching devices on and off using the right mouse button
  • Switching devices on and off from remote computers

Operation

  • Start via command line possible (with computer name as parameter)
  • History of the last computer
  • Language selectable (English / German)


System requirements

DeviceTool runs under Windows 7/8/10/11 (32 or 64 bit). It requires .NET Framework 4.


Additional tools required

To switch devices on/off on remote computers, DeviceTool requires the psexec.exe file. This can be downloaded free of charge from Microsoft: https://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx


Download

The Remote Device Manager for Windows 11 can be downloaded free of charge here: http://www.device-tool.com/#download.

 

Installation

DeviceTool does not need to be installed and does not make any registry entries.

  1. Copy the five files to a directory, e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\DeviceTool.
  2. Copy the file psexec.exe - if desired - to this directory as well
  3. Open the DeviceTool.exe file


Screenshots


Deactivation of the WiFi adapter
  

     


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Please also have a look at the LAN Speed Test for Windows tools.

 

Content: Error with Device Manager remote access / Device Tool Remote Device Manager / alternative Device Manager solving the "Access Denied" problem
Category: Windows admin tools

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