To add the exception to Windows Firewall (You might have to do this with any other firewalls, though I won't know the steps. I'm not aware of any exploit but you never know if one will be made available so I don't want to allow traffic through just any network. I am going to recommend that you also change the type of network.
So the long story short you need to go to windows firewall and make an exception for the service. Its odd because I have a Sony Vaio Flip laptop that came with windows 8 as well and I have no problem connecting with it. I checked on my sony laptop (fresh install of windows 10, not an update) and it is in fact in there so maybe this is just something that microsoft distributed in their surface builts?įor some reason my SP3 does not make an exception for C:\Windows\System32\WUDFHost.exe which is the service miracast connects through. I have no idea why the service doesn't have an exception but it doesn't.
If changing your display drivers doesn't fix your miracast problem (If the miracast device and your computer both show that you're connecting but it times out) then this will probably fix your problem.
Just posting this with hopes that it will save someone some time. I had hell getting it working and there was almost no information.
