Initial Setup of the Laptop Screens
The connectivity between the two laptop screens is launched through a feature on the Start menu: “duplicate or extend to a connected display.” It also gives you the options to adjust the additional settings. The additional settings in Windows 11 are clubbed under “Multiple displays” as presentation mode for your displays. Here you can connect to another wireless display on a secondary laptop or detect another display. Windows 10’s “Multiple displays” menu has slightly different options for connecting a wireless display, which may not connect automatically on Windows 10 as it does on Windows 11. You have to click the “Detect” button to identify its presence.
How to Project Your PC
If you want to reorder your displays, you can do so from a System settings option called “Rearrange multiple displays.” This identifies the laptop as “1” or “2.”
Start Connecting the Two Laptops
After fixing the initial setup of both laptop screens, it’s time to connect them wirelessly using Bluetooth. In Windows 10, the corresponding option is “Add Bluetooth or other device.” You should then be able to see a message that says “your device is ready to go” in the primary as well as secondary laptop.
Project the Screen From One Laptop to Another
Once the Bluetooth pairing is available, you can see the primary and secondary devices as “paired” on their respective screens. Go to “duplicate or extend to a connected display” from the Start menu on the primary laptop and search for available networks through “connect to a wireless display.” You should be able to locate the secondary laptop’s Bluetooth ID. You can also select this directly from the “Display Settings” menu. You should now see a “Cast” alert on top of the system tray, which allows you to enable the display pairing. The two laptops are now connected to each other. You are ready to begin projecting your screen wirelessly. Image credit: Syda Productions To get past incompatible Bluetooth pairing, consider using third-party software like ShareMouse, which works on both Windows and macOS. If there are no Bluetooth issues, check if either of the laptops is not Miracast-compatible – it’s difficult to connect an older device with a new one.
