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I have windows 10 The desktop will not play onto tv


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DAVID CARR
2016/12/29 21:47
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I have tried changing settings but no success
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Answered by
Lokesh Yadav
2018/08/05 13:41
Hi David,

If you haven’t heard of the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter, you can read more about it here.
But to summarize the device, it uses the Wi-Fi Miracast technology to display everything from your device on an HDTV or Monitor. For those techies out there, it is also an intel Wireless Display (WiDi) certified adapter, so it works with all those fancy Intel WiDi compatible products out there on the market. Did I mention that it works with Android devices too?
To install the device on your TV, all you have to do is simply plug in the HDMI and USB adapter cables into open slots on your TV. Then, change your input source on your TV to the ports you selected for the adapter.
Here is how my adapter looks on the back of my TV. Uh, sorry, I haven’t dusted off the back of my TV in a while.
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Once you do this, you will see a standard Microsoft screen with a message that says, “Ready to connect.” All the remaining work is done on your Windows 10 device. Pretty simple.
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Let’s take a look at what you need to do to stream content from your Window 10 device. If you don’t have the latest Windows 10 November 2015 Update, you should get it. One of the newest features is the ability to stream Microsoft Edge (and other apps) to both Miracast and DLNA devices. So, you will want to update Windows 10 to the latest to make casting to your TV from Microsoft Edge really easy. Hint: Think YouTube videos.
Okay, so, now that you have the adapter plugged in and ready, we need to make Windows 10 recognize it. An easy way to do this is go to Devices under Settings.
Tap on your Windows button, type Settings and select Settings from the results.
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The Settings application should come up. Select Devices.
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Now, Select Add a device.
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A small window will pop up and give you a list of devices that it finds. Select the device that matches the device name on your TV.
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Windows 10 will now install the latest drivers necessary for the device you have selected.
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Now, let’s install the companion app for the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter.
To do this, tap on your Windows button, type Store and select Store from the results.
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The Store application will start. From here, type Microsoft Display Adapter into the search box and press Enter.
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From the results listed after the search, select the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter.
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From the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter screen, choose Free to install it. It won’t take long to install, so just keep the store window up and running.
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Once the install is complete, you can select the Open button to run. (If you did close the Store application, find the Wireless Display Adapter app and open it.)
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Once it opens, you might be prompted that a new version of the firmware exists. If so, select Download.
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After you select Download, you will see an indicator on the screen that show the progress of the download.
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Once the download has completed, select Update.
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You will be prompted to confirm that you want to Start the update. Select Start.
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While it is updating, you will see the progress on the screen as show in the image below.
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Once the update has completed, you will get a confirmation dialog. Select OK.
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If you don’t get prompted for an update and the software recognizes the device, you will get prompted to give access to the application to the wireless display adapter. Select OK.
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There is also the chance that the software doesn’t need an update and it can’t find the adapter. If this is the case, you will get a screen with instructions to help troubleshoot.
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However, if all goes well and the application can recognize the adapter, the application will look like this…
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Okay, I see the light at the end of the tunnel. At this point, we should have everything setup. All we have to do is tell Windows 10 to connect to the adapter and stream our screen. From the taskbar, click on the notification icon to bring up the Action Center. Next, select Connect.
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From here, you will see a list of available devices that you can connect to…select the device we just finished installing.
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Your screen should now be projected to your TV. Now, you can show share your screen with everyone.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Lokesh


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