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Developers can also implement Miracast on top of the built-in Wi-Fi Direct support in Windows 7 and Windows 8. [29] Windows 8.1 supports broadcasting/sending the screen via Miracast. [30] Another way to support Miracast in Windows is with Intel's proprietary WiDi (v3.5 or higher).
Windows 11 is the latest major release of the Windows NT operating system and the successor of Windows 10.Some features of the operating system were removed in comparison to Windows 10, and further changes in older features have occurred within subsequent feature updates to Windows 11.
Windows Update Agent on Windows 10 supports peer-to-peer distribution of updates; by default, systems' bandwidth is used to distribute previously downloaded updates to other users, in combination with Microsoft servers. Users may optionally change Windows Update to only perform peer-to-peer updates within their local area network. [27]
If the installation process started from booting off the media, the user is then presented with a text-based interface which gives three options 1) install Windows, 2) repair an existing installation, or 3) quit setup. [3] If the user decides to install Windows, they are presented with an agreement that must be accepted for Setup to continue.
Miracast does not require access to a Wi-Fi network, as connections are formed via Wi-Fi Direct. This is bad phrasing. In fact any Wi-Fi device needs access to the network. The thing is that the networks may be different. In case of Miracast one of the station become Group Owner which manages infrastructure network type. See Wi-Fi Direct ...
Installation (or setup) of a computer program (including device drivers and plugins), is the act of making the program ready for execution. Installation refers to the particular configuration of software or hardware with a view to making it usable with the computer. A soft or digital copy of the piece of software (program) is needed to install it.
The OS restricts software installation to applications obtained from Microsoft Store; the device may be upgraded to Windows 10 Pro for a fee to enable unrestricted software installation. As a time-limited promotion, Microsoft stated that this upgrade would be free on the Surface Laptop until March 31, 2018. [198]
The new driver model requires the graphics hardware to have Shader Model 2.0 support at least, since the fixed function pipeline is now translated to 2.0 shaders. However, according to Microsoft as of 2009, only about 1–2 percent of the hardware running Windows Vista used the XDDM, [10] with the rest already WDDM capable.