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‎02-17-2022 04:11 PM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

I have a Surface Pro 8 and want to be able to use my HP all in one as the monitor and I've tried to connect it via Bluetooth but it is only accessing audio for some reason. I then used a USB to USBc figuring that a direct connection would would and I get nothing. Both are running on Windows 11. 

 

What am I doing wrong? 

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‎02-17-2022 05:54 PM

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The connection is done using Wi-Fi, not bluetooth as described here

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Video-Display-and-Touch/HP-All-in-one-not-working-with-home-wo...

 

Another writeup here

https://www.techadvisor.com/how-to/laptop/laptop-second-monitor-3674679/

 

Microsoft told me I needed an active HDMI cable to connect from my surface pro 4 to an external monitor.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum/all/surface-pro-4-video-driver-problem-minidp-not/...

In other words the signal was not sufficient to drive the monitor I was attempting to connect to.  Possibly a powered HDMI switch might have worked.  I tried several HDMI cables and the distance was less than a meter.  

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‎02-17-2022 10:35 PM

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@Lisa_J_J -- want to be able to use my HP all in one as the monitor

 

Does your All-In-One have an "HDMI-input" socket?  Not all models do, but you need an All-In-One that does have such a socket, to accept the video-output from your Surface Pro 8.

 

Some models have an "HDMI-output" socket, allowing the All-In-One to "feed" an external monitor.

 

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