Projecting to this PC feature missing in Windows 10

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#1

Hi

I have Windows 10 Pro on my V and Windows 10 Enterprise on my work laptop. The build numbers are 1709 (Build 1709 16299.248) on the V and 1709 (Build 16299.192) on my work machine.

The work machine has the “Home -> System -> Projecting to this PC” setting in the settings app and its missing on my V. Can anyone else compare?

I ran the following command to check the driver capabilities
C:\Users\olire>netsh wlan show drivers

Interface name: Wi-Fi

    Driver                    : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265
    Vendor                    : Intel Corporation
    Provider                  : Microsoft
    Date                      : 01/06/2017
    Version                   : 19.50.1.6
    INF file                  : netwtw04.inf
    Type                      : Native Wi-Fi Driver
    Radio types supported     : 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n 802.11a 802.11ac
    FIPS 140-2 mode supported : Yes
    802.11w Management Frame Protection supported : Yes
    Hosted network supported  : No
    Authentication and cipher supported in infrastructure mode:
                                Open            None
                                Open            WEP-40bit
                                Open            WEP-104bit
                                Open            WEP
                                WPA-Enterprise  TKIP
                                WPA-Enterprise  CCMP
                                WPA-Personal    TKIP
                                WPA-Personal    CCMP
                                WPA2-Enterprise TKIP
                                WPA2-Enterprise CCMP
                                WPA2-Personal   TKIP
                                WPA2-Personal   CCMP
                                Open            Vendor defined
                                Vendor defined  Vendor defined
    IHV service present       : Yes
    IHV adapter OUI           : [00 80 86], type: [00]
    IHV extensibility DLL path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\IWMSSvc.dll
    IHV UI extensibility ClSID: {1bf6cb2d-2ae0-4879-a7aa-a75834fbd0e3}
    IHV diagnostics CLSID     : {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
    Wireless Display Supported: Yes (Graphics Driver: Yes, Wi-Fi Driver: Yes)

The last line indicates that support should be present for this feature.

Anyone have any ideas? If the feature is disabled by group policy or registry, I understand the menu entry remains present but the page gets greyed out. I simply don’t have the entry in Settings.

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#2

Hello,
I am missing this setting too. I have just compared with my Surface Pro 2 and there I have the setting.
(same OS version)
The reg key to disable the setting is not present.

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#3

Same here no option… but it shows the network driver supports it…

Any update on this??

#4

I can’t speak to build 1709 as i have 17133 installed currently, but i did a clean install from ISO on the V and all features and functions seem to be there now, including this one. If you don’t mind wiping and starting over it might not hurt to try.

#5

I have the “projecting to this PC” settings on my V. I’m using the latest video and network drivers on Win 10 Pro build 16299.371. I’ve never tried the feature, though.

#6

To my memory, the ‘project to’ and miracast functionalities disappear if the wifi driver errs.

Going into device manager to uninstall and delete the old driver before replacing it with the most up-to-date driver fixes the problem (or at least it did for me a few months ago).