

If you are not aware of the ports, you might mess up things. You turn around and the IT guy is nowhere to be seen. The first step: Identifying available connections This is the foremost step if you are thinking of connecting your desktop with a TV or a projector out there. There, select your wireless display or projector. You desperately make a phone call trying to see if one of your colleagues has the adapter, but they are not answering. On your Windows 11 laptop, hit Windows + K to open the Project menu. Once done, you should see the 12 display indication on the System > Display screen. Follow onscreen instructions to complete the pairing process.

Luckily, the IT guy comes to the rescue! He tells you, “Oh! You have a Mac laptop, the projector only has VGA input so you need a USB-C to VGA adapter”, which neither you or him have on hand. Connect a VGA or HDMI video cable to the Video output on your computer, being careful to insert the plug correctly. On your Windows 11 laptop, hit Windows + K to open the Project menu. Then you struggle for the next few minutes trying to find the right adapter or cable (that you know you have in your bag) and you treat the audience to several minutes of fiddling around in your bag talking to yourself and asking your invisible assistant, “where is that cable?”. You’ve worked on it really hard, getting those amazing transitions on your slides, added video and/or sound clips, the perfect (funny) pictures, it’s just an amazing presentation! You are confident, caffeinated, and ready to roll… and when it’s your moment to shine, you can’t connect to the projector. Has this ever happened to you? You arrive at your scheduled conference you can’t wait to share your amazing presentation with all the great information you’ve worked on for the past few weeks. Connect Windows Laptop to TV or Projector via HDMI Once you are sure that your cables are according to ports on TV and HDMI, plug in one end of the.
