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FIX: Windows 8.1 solution to: Where is my “add a wireless display” option?

Just came back from a great MVP conference at Microsoft Redmond. Everything at this conference so I cant share any details. Instead I will share something completely different and not reated to Project Online.

I took the time to buy the great new piece of hardware called “Microsoft Wireless Display Adaptor”, which allows all devices with Windows 8 and 8.1. to project their screen without any cables. Perfect and what every man should wish for this Christmas!

Installing the little device was very simple – just plugged it into my projector. Getting my Surface (Windows 8.1) to project was much harder.

Problem:
You are told to just click on you “devices” button, hit “project” and then “add wireless adaptor”. Problem is that button is just not there.

Solution:
The solution is simple but took me a lot of time to figure out, as the product is brand new and don’t have its own blog. That is why I will share the answer here. It turned out it was all related to my Surface Pro 3 having a Cisco VPN client installed.

FIX: Navigate to your WIFI network setup and remove “Deterministic Network Enhancer”. Go back to your devices and projector page – now you will find the “add wireless adaptor”. Easy and I hope I just saved you some hours of troubleshooting.

 

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