
So there’s a good chance at least one of those resolutions will fix device casting on your desktop or laptop. Those are some of the resolutions that have fixed Cast to Device in Windows for plenty of users.
Select the Microsoft LLDP Protocol Driver checkbox. Then right-click your adapter and select Properties. Select Change adapter settings to open a list of connections. Click Network and Sharing Center to open the Control Panel window shown below. Type network in Cortana’s search box and open Network status. Check the Microsoft LLDP Protocol Driver Setting is Selected Scroll down to Cast to Device and select both its check boxes.ħ.
Select Allow an app through Windows Defender Firewall. Enter the keyword Windows Firewall in the Cortana search box. Check the Windows Defender firewall settings for Cast to Device If you can’t find a turn off option on the utility’s context menu, have a look through the settings menu on the software’s primary window.Ħ. You can usually select to temporarily disable an anti-virus package via its system tray icon’s context menu. To ensure that isn’t happening, switch off third-party anti-virus utilities. It might be the case that third-party anti-virus software is blocking the public network connection required for device casting. Select both Allow Internet access to home media and Automatically allow devices to play my media options. Open Windows Media Player, and press the Stream button again. Then click the OK button for the streaming options. Press the Turn on media streaming button on that window. Select Turn on media streaming to open the Control Panel window. Open Windows Media Player and press the Stream button.
Reset stream permissions for Windows Media Player
Press the Save Changes button to apply the new settings.Ĥ. Select Turn on file and printer sharing. Select the Turn on network discovery option if network discovery is currently off. Then click Change advanced sharing settings. Select to open Network status in the Settings app. Press the Cortana button and enter the keyword network in the search box. Go to troubleshoot and select Hardware and Devices.
Press the Cortana Type here to search button on the taskbar. Open the Hardware and Devices Troubleshooter Home › Fix › Windows 10 › Errors › Cast to Device not working