The current Covid-19 lock down in New Zealand has everyone working from home where they can. In order to hand markup pdf’s I thought I would connect my original Surface Pro to my PC as an Input Device and third screen. I googled how to do it and decided to write up the process with a few additional picture for future reference and to help anyone else who maybe trying to do it.
1. Make sure Windows 10 is installed on both the PC and the Surface Pro.
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Press Win+P to bring up the connection centre on the PC
3. Choose “Connect to a wireless display”
4. Hopefully you will see the name of the Surface Pro in the list of Devices
5. If not then we have to change some settings on the Surface Pro to allow projecting onto its screen. Type in settings and then goto “Projecting to this PC” turn on its availability and make sure it is plugged into a power source.
6. Go back to the connection centre and refresh hopefully you can see the name of the Surface Pro and be able to connect to it.
7. Allowing input make sure you check the allowing input box or notification bubble that will come up on your PC to allow the pen and touch screen input from the Surface Pro to work on your PC.
8. if the above has not worked for you here are more Troubleshooting tips from the Microsoft website.
